I went in contract with a seller. Both the broker & contractor went on vacation. I couldn’t close on my hard money loan. Now, the seller wants to walk away with my contract deposit. I asked for an extension after talking to everyone. Can I put a lien on the house to secure my investment or sunk cost?
Please advise,
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My wife and I entered a contract agreement with Pinkney Services, LLC on December 02, 2017 to remodel kitchen and two bathrooms with a completion date of March 17, 2018.
The work in the kitchen and bathrooms has not been completed, and no work … has been performed on our kitchen for over two months now. Although the project is not completed, Pinkney Services, LLC has left trashes in our property which attracts rodents/ mice and we ended-up receiving a citation ticket from the DC city twice.
Today is May 19, 2018 and we have not kitchen for over five months. Project has been delayed for two months. We have tried to communicate with Pinkney Services LLC by phone, emails and text messages, she is avoiding meeting with us or reply to our emails, phones and text messages.
Pinkney Services LLC has taken over $ 50K from us.
Desired Resolution:
Refund based on work not completed and pick up all trashes from my property....Read More
We are attempting to file a lien on a job that was done in DC. My lien was rejected becuase my business licence and certificate of good standing are from MD. We are a MD business, is it even possible for me to get these docuements from DC?...Read More
I am the office manager for a general contracting company. We performed labor and purchased materials with the agreement that all materials would be reimburse and all labor performed by us would be paid. It has now been months and this company has not paid us for everything owed. I sent out a lien notice and have not heard anything, I assume the next step is to file a lien. In order to file a lien, do I need the home owners name and address or do I file it against the company that owes us for the work & material?...Read More
We have 2 projects in Maryland with the same contractor and same Tenant. We have not been funded completely on either of these projects and are feeling uncertain of the liquidity of the general contractor. We feel we need to file a lien to secure payment. Please advise the process as we would like to act quickly....Read More
An emergency service fee was invoiced (separate from restoration on a homeowners claim) to an insurance company and payment was made less the homeowners deductible leaving the homeowner liable for the balance when the insurance company is responsible to reimburse the insured for services to protect the property from further damage....Read More
I have assigned a contract to an end buyer for a property owned by a foreign family that needs to get an ITIN and FIRPTA from the IRS. I have expressed upfront to the end buyer that the closing process could take months since application for ITIN and FIRPTA could take weeks. There was a delay on the seller's end to start the application of the ITIN and FIRPTA because the end buyer wanted to renegotiate the price of the property. On top of that, the previous government shutdown delayed the process as well. As we come nearer to the closing deadline, I requested a contract deadline extension from the seller which they willingly agreed/approved. Upon letting the end buyer know that the closing deadline has been extended in case the ITIN and FIRPTA won't get on time, the end buyer threatened that they have been patient long enough and will require either:
1) addendum to include an allowance for an extension of a per diem charge of $100 past the agreed upon 12 week date.
or if I do not agree with this,
2) they intend to place a lien for the "executed labor" that has already been completed.
Key notes are: 1) No one allowed the end buyer to do any work on the property and; 2) I just checked the property this week and there are no significant changes or improvements on it....Read More
received a personal unsecured without any paperwork being signed. Lender(personal friend) want contract signed that has unacceptable terms, i.e. sale of personal property for existing mortgage payoff if loan is not repaid within specific time. Trying to determine the applicability of a Mechanic's Lien in the state of Maryland for a personal cash loan for which nothing to do with the personal property was discussed ...Read More
We have a situation where we have paid out 112 thousand on a home improvement project on a 145k job. The contractor was terminated due to many reasons but primarily poor craftsmanship. When we were asked to settle the paperwork is so poor neither the contractor nor us as homeowners can come up with a number. What kind of professional can evaluate our case? Binding or non binding arbitration is not in the contract nor is there a mediation clause. We want to be fair, but no one can figure out what the 112 went towards. There also are 6 change orders to consider. ...Read More
Contract signed by property owner agreed to amount. Property owner paid half amount after job was completed. My contract specifies the conditions listed in above question. Am I able to include those additional fees or is there any Maryland law that entitles me to collect more additional fees than what are outlined in my contract?
I am a residential contractor...Read More