We hired a subpar contractor for a project in our new home. We never had a contract signed for the work, there was only a verbal amount stated in both my husband and my presence. He asked for a down payment even before starting the work and then we paid him more at the completion of his work that resulted in a 60% payment, telling him that we would pay the full after an inspection of his work by a permit inspector. He told us he would have the work done in no more than 3 days which ended up taking a month. The work was completed right before a holiday and the inspector for our town of course was off for the holiday the following week. The contractor then came with a different (higher) number that was expected for the service which wasn’t agreed upon. The contractor is now threatening to put a lien on our house…and has also stated that each day not paid he will be adding 75% interest. Can he do this? All we want is to have the work inspected to ensure our house doesn’t burn down.