We were served with Notice of Intent to File Mechanic's Lien. I replied to the attorney's request for information and also We were served with Notice of Intent to File Mechanic's Lien. I replied to the attorney's request for information and also requested evidence which was ignored. The project was completed in August and the final invoice was sent August 9 and paid by us August 12. The lien has absolutely no merit and is 100% fraudulent; however, we believe the threat to file a lien in an amount that exceeds our contract price by $63,000 is revenge for a complaint filed with the SCLLR against the GC for damages to our property due to negligence, threats made by GC, and the GC intentionally slowing down our project because he underbid on the quote. We retained an attorney in We were served with Notice of Intent to File Mechanic's Lien. I replied to the attorney's request for information and also requested evidence which was ignored. The project was completed in August and the final invoice was sent August 9 and paid by us August 12. The lien has absolutely no merit and is 100% fraudulent; however, we believe the threat to file a lien in an amount that exceeds our contract price by $63,000 is revenge for a complaint filed with the SCLLR against the GC for damages to our property due to negligence, threats made by GC, and the GC intentionally slowing down our project because he underbid on the quote. We retained an attorney in August who sent a demand letter, and the matter was settled once we confirmed the GC and subs were no longer on our property and we agreed to the final invoice amount and paid the invoice in full. On October 26th we were served with documents that included: letter from GC's attorney; fraudulent 8/30/21 invoice, Notice of Intent, Statement of Account, and Exhibit A (which is the printout from qPublic.net of our property description) and are all dated 4 days PRIOR to the date of the August 30th invoice. What action can we as the property owners take NOW to prevent this lien from being filed against our property? We have retained the same attorneys and were forced to pay a $10,000 retainer; however, I would like to take some immediate action independent of the attorneys because everyone thinks the GC isn't stupid enough to file a fraudulent lien and risk losing his contractor's license which might be true, BUT, we do not want to live with the threat of legal action looming over our heads for the next several months. We have receipts, emails, etc. to provide as evidence we have paid the contract in full, in addition to an email from the GC advising us he will pay the difference between the contract amount and whatever the final price. On day 40 we received an email from his attorney stating they are in receipt of our emails and attachments and will be filing suit. Surely this attorney has to provide evidence to the RMC Office and/or Court of this amount being owed to the GC other than just his word? This project has been the worst experience of our lives and that includes the loss of our home by fire and building two homes. A 6 week project deadline turned into 17 weeks which had absolutely nothing to do with materials or weather but just the GC intentionally slowing down our project.