We had a contractor do some work for us. Several days in we noticed the osb was moldy and soft. We started watching more closely and found more shortcuts. Long story short, they had ripped our shingles when attaching the addition, claiming it was like that. We called the roofer that did our roof 2 years ago, he checked it out and found it was only torn in the area of the new construction. He also did a walk around of the new construction and found other things that would result in roof leaks. We asked for estimate to repair then told current contractor when the job was finished he would get the details of the repairs and we will deduct that amount along with materials we had to buy and install (metal straps to attach new addition to garage, door sweeps because on one side of both doors there is over 1 inch gap). We owed $2000 and with deductions came to $540. He said that was too much and he will file a lien if not paid in full in 48 hours. My question is can he do that if he isn’t licensed? And if he does file, can we fight it?

Contractor did substandard work, asked to leave. We hired someone to repair the damage he did then told him the amount we would pay which is the bal. due to him, less what we paid to have his work repaired. He thinks he should still be paid in full even though his people tore our new shingles, used rotten, moldy OSB, and didn’t use the right pitch to prevent leaks....leaking even before they were finished.