Hello, I am a project manager for a restoration company and our company does prevailing wage jobs from time to time. I have to send some of our laborers and carpenters there to do emergency work. I am unsure on a few items: 1. Our guys go on the clock when they leave our shop in a company v...Read More...Read More
Matt replied to me today re our customer filing Chapter 13 Bankruptcy the day before Levelset RECORDED the lien against her property. Matt from Levelset stated "...... that a mechanic's lien can be perfected even after the automatic stay, pursuant to the exception to the automatic stay by subsection...Read More...Read More
I input all the lien online with Levelset on 9/18/19, however, it was not RECORDED until 9/24/19, and our customer filed Chapter 13 BK on 9/23/19, the DAY BEFORE IT WAS RECORDED in Cook County, IL. The customer knew this lien was coming and filed BK. I read the BK does not wipe out the lien, H...Read More...Read More
I gave someone a lien waiver less than 2 years ago But I didn’t get paid the full amount He asked me for the lien waiver in order to pay me But he never did What can I do ?...Read More
Hello, I am the office manager for the company I work for. I am also a notary. I was wondering, when I receive lien waiver can I sign them as the office manager and notaries or do I have to have someone else sign while I notarize?...Read More
We repaired floors at a food processing plant in Morton MS and the general contractor on the job has my invoice on hold and will not take our calls. The owner in Mississippi was very please with our work and we did not hear of any issues....Read More
What are my options if a contractor does not complete a job,does not provide a contract and tries to cut corners instead of doing the job properly. He promised to get the job done by a certain date and did not. Now he wants complete payment for the job even though it’sNot complete and is thr...Read More...Read More
We completed the job in March and still have not been paid. The contractor was communicating with us at first but now will not answer at all. Do we have any other real recourse in IL besides filing a lien?...Read More
Is a Contractor Affadait required in order to lien a property in IL. We have a lien and the clients attorney is saying it is not enforceable since we did not give them a contractor's affadavit before the work began....Read More
We have a hoist and a scaffold on a property called Nobu Hotel with a GC named Centaur. They owe us for invoices from the hoist contract and scaffold contract. Is it ok to file one lien to cover both contracts? The project is located in Chicago, IL....Read More
After a flood in our church we asked a contractor to meet with the insurance adjuster and they reviewed the building together. We signed a $120,000.00 detailed contract complete with 30 pages of drawings defining the scope of the repairs. The contractor assured is that if anything was missed he ...Read More...Read More
When I look at the rates for the different title in my county, they are all around 30-40$..My client thinks the non-union rate should be higher?...Read More
I have a situation where I was as to fix a roof on a barn for a lady and the first weeks hours were tallied and the amounts was paid but this week's hours she refuses to pay stating that we were not working for an hourly amount instead we were working as if it was a hard money bid which was never dis...Read More...Read More
After I retired, someone asked me to remodel a building. Basement, First and Second Floor. The amount I requested when finished is extremely low. Even so, I was paid part of it. Mechanics Lien has been filed for over $8000.00. They offer half the amount. I don't want to accept. My attorney says ...Read More...Read More