I am a subcontractor who provide a service based on a time and material agreement. All work that was requested was performed to the best of our abilities given the jobsite conditions. General contractor is refusing to pay, stating that the issue is not fixed, even though we have provided proof of work and copies of our written agreement for payment terms that GC did approve. Also provided proof that we told the GC prior what the jobsite conditions needed to be so we could preform the work, we were then asked to come and preform work. Assuming they were ready for us to come and preform the work we showed up and did what we could. Job is not complete and that was communicated that is due to lack of proper onsite conditions. Spoke to GC about unpaid invoice, GC commented that he would just bond around a lien if I filed one. This property has a homeowner so I am not sure if he can actually do that to avoid paying me. Work was performed 60 days ago. Should I file a notice of intent? Am I eligible to file the lien? I did file a prelien on this property upon starting the job....Read More
I am a General B in CA and specialize in Restoration and mitigation work. We have over 100k in accounts receivable all of which Is completed work. Homeowners are waiting for insurance but insurance is dragging feet. Can I sue ? Can I send to collections ? ...Read More
We are hired by a contractor to remove snow around Charter pedestals all around the Tahoe Basin. We are currently working in Northstar area and removing snow from approximately 100 locations. Next week, the snow removal for the pedestals could be located in Tahoma, and also have close to 100 different locations. How can I protect my payment?...Read More
I am the property owner of my residence in Palm Springs, CA and I hired SuperNova, / Norell Walker as my contractor to work on the landscaping and yard of my house. The total was $32K and he required that i pay him 2 payments total of $25K prior to the work being completed. This is for outdoor concrete pours, overlays and turf/rocks installation.
We started the job on 4/4 and his subcontractor has not returned since 4/20 and I am left with a job about 40% done ($15k worth of work) and have paid already 78% of the project fee. I have attempted several times for weeks to contact the contractor and he has been avoiding my calls/emails/tests. He denies that I have paid him and he claims he has paid his subcontractor already. This contradicts what his sub has told me which is that Norell still owes him half the money.
Furthermore, this contractor has previously been in trouble with the SEC for fraudulent activities, selling penny stocks in a scam company based out of Long Beach. https://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2017/34-81003.pdf
I am looking to recoup my losses of $10K because I had to hire another company to finish and fix the work they did.
Looking to send them a lien but if this site is not right, please advise if there are other companies who can help me in this situation.
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I was an investor on a rehab project. The Owner on Title to the property to be rehabbed was also the Contractor. He never completed the job 4 years ago and was incarcerated shortly after only starting the rehab project(he has been in jail since). I was in litigation for 3 years on a Quiet Title Action on the property in order to gain Title. That case fell apart and was dismissed due to Lawyer Malpractice. I sued in Small Claims for a Judgement in order to obtain a Lien. I recently lost. I am trying to exhaust all possibilities in order to have a Lien placed on this property. ...Read More
I did preliminary notice and now I got an email from her attorney saying that all communication is thru him and that I can not file a lien, can I still file the Lien...Read More
Hello, we finished a project late 11/2022. We never prelimed the project and only got paid a portion of the job. Is there a way we can send some kind of a notice out to them even though there was never a prelim filed? It is also a very small job and they only owe $1,000.00. What would be our options? Thank you...Read More
I am an owner of House remodel project. Today I got Notic of Intent to Lien from My GC. He requested me to do some payment but did not provide me invoice, and I requested him to provide me the project on-going list to against the payment. And He did not execute the remodeling job according to the drawing approved by City building, and missed 3 new windows, until 4/12/2022 San Jose City inspector pointed them out. I asked him to fix this mistake before payment, he refused me. And he did not answer my calls, answer my emails, and answer my messages. ...Read More
We are a sign contractor (subcontractor to a national sign company who contracted with the client. We took too long to get set up with LevelSet and missed our prelim notice window (job started on 2/15). Our invoice is now past due and our customer is not returning calls. We made contact with the client directly and their legal dept is "looking into" direct payment to us. I would like to apply pressure but not sure what the best way to do it....Read More
We’re very near completion on a condo bathroom remodel in CA. To our knowledge, no 20-day prelim notices were filed. Timely progress payments have been made to the GC. Final payment is is expected to be $1175. The sheetrock subcontractor completed his work on 11-28-21. That sub called on 12-30-21 to inform us he’s not been paid anything, and that he intends to file lien. He emailed us the invoice to the GC dated 11-29-21 for $1928.50. We notified the GC, who texted us to “ignore him, I will handle payment.” On 1-5-22, the sub notified us he’s received no payment, or offer of scheduled future or partial payment, and that he’s reached out to the GC, giving him the option to pay by credit card within 48 hours. After that, he says he’ll proceed with a lien, which will happen before our job is completed. We absolutely don’t want a lien. What are the risks if we pay the sub? In what instances can we withhold final payment to the GC?...Read More
I sent out a notice of intent to lien for a property where approved work was performed. I am assuming they are not thrilled about the lien notice because they responded that they will be sending our notice to their attorney (who is also part owner) and that he charges $500 an hour which will be deducted from the job costs. Is this something they are allowed to do? I do not want to respond the wrong way. I am not sure where to move froward from here. ...Read More
We are the GC of an ADU project. Our original prelim notice that we sent out listed the end date of mid-May, however due to various reasons (some out of our control) we have not completely finished as of 12/10, however we are close. We have some older invoices that the client agreed to pay, that they are now refusing to pay due to our completion date being so delayed. What are our rights here....Read More
We have been working on building for a few years and the job has not yet been completed.
We sent a preliminary notice last year.
Recently new job tasks were added, we provided a new estimate on top of the original invoice.
Do we need to issue a new preliminary notice on the new job task?
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