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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.
CaliforniaOur job, 3855-1914 PCH Waterproofing, we had filed a Mechanic's Lien on. We were told that this Lien has expired. Can you research this? and/or can we foreclose on this Lien?
Californiai am prperty owner. contactor doing deckfloor . what ever material applying on deck floor three month after start crecking and fall part.i full pay contractor.contractor did not pay supplier.supplier put line on my property. supplyer never give me prilimnary notice.his sells person never gave me bill.he never told me to pay for matirial they supplying.whate shoud i do.it is $14255.98
CaliforniaIf a contract value has increased by 30% since the first preliminary notice was sent out for customers in CA do we need to send out an upgraded preliminary notice like we do in the state of AZ?
CaliforniaMARK BENSON HAS NOT BEEN WITH THE CO . SINCE LAST YEAR. AMD HIS NAME SHOWS AS THE FILER OF THE PRELIM. IS THIS LEGAL
CaliforniaHello I was looking at sending a Mechanics lien but we own our business in California & were wondering do we have to send a pre lien before the mechanics?
CaliforniaI was hired by a contractor to do some cabinetry in full house remodeling that he was working on. I was paid 50% deposit directly from the owner but sent an Invoice to the contractor. I finished the job and still owed the remaining 50%. The contractor won’t return my calls. Can I file a lien against the property? Thank you
CaliforniaI am the Primary contractor.
Project has passed final inspection and home owner refuses to pay final payment.
All sub contractors have been paid.
CaliforniaWe have a customer that signed our contract and we started work on her project and then she found someone else to the do the work cheaper so she could keep some of the insurance money she gfot from her insurance claim. Now she wants to back out of our contract and use the cheaper guy what is our legal right with this customerr.
CaliforniaHi, I filed a Mechanics Lien against an customer back in 2018, their deadline was 2019, and they never paid. I thought the lien was still in place up until today but found out it's not. What can I do next to be able to secure or acquire payment? Can I resubmit/re-enforce Mechanics Lien?
CaliforniaDespite of request for Punchlist joint walkthrough owner denies and claims that our job was not up to standard even it passed City inspection. Instead, we are defamed through his email responses during our attempt to collect payment.
CaliforniaI am a licensed contractor in a specialty trade capacity of finish carpentry and mill work. The client hired me directly. I wrote up estimates for the requested work including drawing details. There was no "Contract" per say.
I gave my clients invoices bi weekly as the work was completed for progress payments. They received estimates for the proposed work ahead of the project, paid a deposit and then started adding in other work to the project, and I began a listed addendum sheet to the project.
At the 3 week time frame of my beginning the project, the client came to me and told me that she and her husband had just read the estimate/ agreement after they had returned from a 3 week vacation to discover that they did not expect the charges I was submitting.
They had paid a project deposit, at the beginning, and that deposit amount was deducted from the original work and material costs that I had supplied and provided. 3 more weeks had gone by, they paid me the deducted amounts on my estimated work as well as the addendum work.
They then decided that they were finished with me as a worker /contractor and asked that we "Part ways". They then decided that they wanted materials that I had purchase, but were not included in the deposit payment. They then refused to pay me for the addendum's and part of the original work agreed upon, and the final week of work I did for them on their addendum list claiming that the work I had done on the addendum list was not approved because I had not gotten the original project completed.
Now my question after I've filed the lien: How likely is it that I will get paid by them before I bring a law suit? And even if I force the lien, who pays me? And/Or is it like small claims court where I can win my claim, but cannot collect?
CaliforniaI'm a sub-contractor (cabinetmaker) who has not been paid the final retention for a new Duplex home. I do not want to file a Mechanic's Lien because the home was sold to independent buyers, and I don't want to harm them. I just want to collect my retention from the GC. What are other recommended remedies?
Californiawe are filing a delay claim on one of current projects, need help with correct process or letter writing
CaliforniaDid not file a preliminary on time, but filed one at end of project.
City owned project. Can I file a stop notice?
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