We hired a General Contractor/Builder to design a home. They've failed to meet any timelines they set and are unwilling to provide evidence of the the services delivered (such as the survey or engineering). We cancelled our engagement in writing . There was a deposit for survey, engineering, d...Read More...Read More
We are trying to file a Lien in Oregon. We were contracted by someone who told us she was the owner. We have notified her of rights to lien and told her we will be filing one. But 12 hours ago she informed us she is not the owner after 60 days of her representing herself as the owner. We found out up...Read More...Read More
A Client has an outstanding invoice. They paid in full several invoices prior to the outstanding one, and have paid in full an invoice after the outstanding one. The holdup with the outstanding invoice is that some work was an emergency Change Order which we were told we would be paid for. Client is n...Read More...Read More
What Can a general contractor hold retainer money after substantial completion of a project.? We have a nightmare general who is holding retainer money for things that we disagree we should pay for. How do we resolve this and what all can they hold our money for?...Read More
I am unclear if we, as a GC, and sometimes a subcontractor, are supposed to be withholding retainage from our material suppliers on private projects?...Read More
I am a contractor operating as an S Corp. I filed a lien against client who didn’t pay despite the work done well and completed. Deadline passed at this point. Just realized I put my own name as Claimant, not my company name. Was this a mistake? Could it invalidate my claim? The client job contract si...Read More...Read More
I am a handyman who's done tons of work we're talking 70 plus hours a week for 2 months and when it came time to get paid the owner all of a sudden decided no they weren't happy with the work the last second and said they're not paying me anything and I just have to deal with it when the enti...Read More...Read More
Hi, I'm a subcontractor and have a difficult client I'm dealing with. My question is if my payment is still protected since our las work day was on 7/30/21. However the project did not pass inspection until last Friday and we returned to complete correction the following day. I'm wondering what day c...Read More...Read More
My Contractor is charging me for overhead a d profit for work I paid my contractors to do. There is fine print in the contract saying they will keep the profit and overhead for work we do not have them do that is in the insurance scope bid. Am I out of luck that’s like 8k-12k for nothing. Is that even lega...Read More...Read More
I am a subcontractor for a public works job. I installed underground conduits for a public utility department (power). How will this work if payment isn't made to subcontractors? do they file a lien just like anything else or is there bonds that need to be looked for?...Read More
I installed new windows and some dry rot repair. Her deposit checked bounced, it took 5 weeks to recover that amount. I had finished the project she stilled owed 24k. I had to pay for the new windows. I hired Levelset to help with the lien. I hired a lawyer to help. She paid $19K, leaving a balance of $4...Read More...Read More