I am the customer and we hired someone to build us a fence. The job was unsatisfactory and he did not bill us until he noticed we were selling our house. He then put a lien on our property 10 days after the first invoice was sent. We are on a tight timeline due to the sale of our house so there is no way that we know of to dispute the lien in time to sign for a bridge loan. We are going to pay him and take him to court later because we don't know what else to do. He now sent an invoice to the bank for MORE than the lien amount. Can he do this?