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ColoradoWe were contracted by a client for work in Colorado for construction staffing. The structure is a warehouse and it was used for manufacturing. Is there anything we can place a lien on in order to get paid for the $8K + in work we provided?
ColoradoI’m a contractor hired to do a remodel. I needed someone to do some hourly yard work and he ended up owning a painting company so I went ahead and hired him to help with finish work. He asked me if he could bring his crew and I told him no because I don’t hire subs to manage people on my jobs without knowing their work quality. He assured me that each person he had worked with before and he held them to high quality standards. I told him he could have them do general labor and only labor I assigned such as hard work and prep. The first few days were great. I went wrong by allowing them to continue the work through the weekend without supervision. The job was to be completed May 7th. May 8th I returned to the job site and they weren’t done. He had people with no painting experience painting and caulking. They botched some of the work and I asked him to fix it. He told me he did but he didn’t. I gave him specific tasks for those individuals to do but he had them do other tasks. I specifically told him that their work quality was poor and I didn’t want them working on any finish work at all without my approval. When I got there he had two women there unsupervised and they were walking around doing busy work. They were not doing the task I assigned. They were there all morning without his direction and since I do not speak Spanish I couldn’t communicate with them. I text him and told him how upset I was. He promised he would take care of everything by the end of the 8th. I came in on the 9th and the work was not done. He had not prepped any of the areas. There was paint all over the brand new floors. He caused me to have to spend my own time, unpaid, correcting his work and I completed the job 5 days late fixing it. I have pictures of his finished work. I have text messages where I disputed his work. He was paying them hourly and I expressed that I saw he had them there paying them when they weren’t working. He tried to charge me for almost 100 hours he could not account for. After a discussion with him I paid him what I thought was fair for the amount of work completed, which was about 80% of what he asked for. He had someone work on the exterior paint of the house without my authorization and the man used the wrong paint leaving areas I had to repaint. Now he is telling me he is going to put a lien on the property. It’s an investment property and just went live on the market today. I don’t want the investor or new owners to be stuck with a lien but I feel he was totally in the wrong. I feel like I have clearly stated what I needed through text. He had people riding the clock and he botched the project and left me about 75 hours of work to fix. There’s no actual contract but I know the texts can act as so. He misrepresented himself and the people he hired to me. I feel this is fraudulent. He also explicitly went against my wishes, that I stated in my text. I think the amount he wants is around $1500. I’ve asked him for time sheets and a list of what each person worked on with an accountability of hours and their qualifications and he proceeds to threaten me. I advised him if he decided to pursue legal action I intended to file a counter claim for the work I had to repair. I’m hourly and I did not charge my customer for the work I did to fix the disaster he left me. I’m sure I will need to talk to a local attorney but I’m hoping to get some answers here to help ease my mind through the weekend. Thanks in advance for the advice.
ColoradoWe live in a state where the intent to foreclose is not required but we want to send one anyway to the non-paying customer as well as their current lien holders in hopes them realizing that we are going to foreclose if payment is not made. We have filed a legitimate mechanics lien with the county clerk and it is in force currently.
1. Do we need to send the document to each owner listed on the property? Does it matter if the owner's listed are married or not?
2. If they have more than one mortgage should we send it to all mortgage companies?
ColoradoOur contract with the GC states "anticipated start date" because at the time of signing we did not yet have permits nor notice to proceed from the airport so we couldn't put in a firm commencement date. The permits and NTP were received and the actual construction started two months from the "anticipated start date" and five weeks later I receive a $140K PCCO for a start date that was not known when the contract was signed. Their justification is that buried in the GCGR is their Staff Plan which shows starting on the "anticipated start date". The actual work (anticipated) is in the contract only once. Commencement of work is defined as being after permits and NTP are obtained. Is this a legitimate PCCO for lost time I should approve?
Coloradoworked at a property that the owner is an llc company, I have an itemized estimate to calculate the cost for works done! they sent us a letter until may 23th to avoid enter to the property and dont allow to continue with the job, in the estimate we were clear that materials were on their side so the job is only for labor, on may 4th we got out materials to finish the work but to that time we did 97% of total of the project, we asked them to buy more tile to continue but they never bought it that activity only correspond to 3% of the total, we sent them the notice of lien right to the owner they received on may 31th, on june 5th we received a letter from them to try to get paid only for $8000 but the right amount is $16000
ColoradoHello,
We processed a couple of Liens on a company and a property owner. Our rental contracts have a bill to address and a ship to address. This customer picked up the machines using their own transportation. The address they had given us for the ship to is different than the locations of the two liens we placed. Will this cause a problem if we have to enforce the liens, One of the property owners hired a lawyer and mentioned that this lien was a "spurious Lien". Any information would be appreciated.
ColoradoI lived with a woman who was the caregiver for an older man and remodeled the joke we shared for over two years at my own expense. After adding 400 Sq. Ft of new living space that added 40,000$ to the value of the property the woman got a quit claim deed and refinanced. When she did this she had the man evict me with a three day notice. When they evicted me I wasn't home and within two hours all of my belongings were stolen leaving me without not only My life's possessions but over 30,000$ in construction tools were gone. They won't pay for the 12,000$ in receipts I have and I haven't been able to take them to court for wrongful eviction because I'm staying with friends and totally broke. Can I file a mechanics lien and would it even do me any good?
Coloradoso i did construction work and have not been paid...the house is being sold so if i do not get paid can i still put a lien on the house?
ColoradoThere's this company that got my tools I used every day to complete tasks on job site. Stolen and another set ruined in job site storage fire. On top of firing me and not paying me my approved vacation time.
ColoradoI filed a lien on level set for a project in Colorado. No payment has been received by the general contractor makers line. When will the lien take affect?
ColoradoI did a roof and other work for a customer and she is not paying can i add any fees or interest on the lien when i file it?
ColoradoI am a Subcontractor, I have a commercial contract with a GC, 30 days have past since the last day of labor and material delivery and I have not received payment, I went to the GC's office to deliver a Notice of intent to lien and the office was closed, I mean there was nothing inside the building. Is there a way that I can still get paid?
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