If your builder files a lien before work is completed, then continues to work for a week while the certified letter is in transit (mailed from across the country by spouse), and we reconciled that the lien was filed for an amount that is not due, what are homeowners recourse? If lien was $50,250, builder did not reconcile a 14,750 payment made two months before as well as almost 2,000 in client credits, what are homeowners options? A) If we bond out of the exaggerated amount, can we sue builder for difference? File a bond against the business or a lien on his personal property? B) If we bond out of the exaggerated amount, how can we recover the 17k+ extra amount? C) If we bond out (because our mortgage must be finalized), is this accepting the amount? D) Can we demand the court drop the exaggerated lien? (I cannot get an attorney to call me back)