My mother passed away 3 some years ago, willed the house she'd been living in to my younger sister; I'd moved here to Mississippi, almost 9 years ago, at mom's request, to assist her during some health issues she was having. She'd consistently, actually for years, insisted that the home she was living in, here, at the time of her death, would be willed to me. I've done ALOT of work on this house, both while she was alive, and after her death, was living here with her for the last 8 months of her life, have been told she left the house to my sister's son due to "loans" she acquired from my sister, but, due to the fact I'm also on SSDI, I can't afford to move or rent any other residence. I've challenged the will, the judge was constantly postponing the hearings, finally determined the will stands as written, my sister wants me out of here so she can sell the place, how do I put a lein on the place so that she will either reimburse me for the $114,760 I've invested into it, or not be able to sell the place?...Read More
I have a SERIOUS QUESTION friends. I bought a car(2015 Toyota Camry)3 years ago from a dealership in MS and had notes on the car. I got another car 2 years ago and told the dealership in MS to come get their car. It’s been 2 years and they still haven’t come to get the car nor answer the phone. Is there a way I can get the title or sell it???...Read More
Our contractor that we hired to build our home agreed to fix our pond dam that was leaking. He verbally told us he could do it, and that he would include it in the dirt work for the house. He never told us how much it would cost. He stated that it was more work than he initially thought it would be, but that he could get the job done. We asked him several times how much that was going to cost prior to him starting the work. He never gave us an amount. During the build of our home he did not stay on top of the budget. We asked several times about the budget and expressed that we would do whatever we needed (take off safe room, build all light fixture, hardware, gas installation, and did all the clean up during the build) to make sure we did not go over budget. We asked several times. He never would sit down with us to look at our budget. He only said invoices are still coming in. He added things to our build that caused us to go over budget. He never once ran it by us, so being he was contracted for a set price we thought he would come to us if we was going over budget. Especially since we had expressed our concerns from the very first day meeting him. After our house appraised for the second time almost 40K over the first appraisal is when he started telling us we are way over. We asked for a figure. We said are we looking at 20K over or what. He told us no, it wouldn't be that much. He then sends us a list with all the invoices that has had paid for our house build and it was over 30K. I told him I wanted to go through the list to figure out exactly why we went over budget. I then asked what we do now that we don't agree on the final price for the house build. He then goes off on me about he knows what he has in the build and he isn't in the business to loss money. I simply told him I wanted answers to why he went over budget that much, when I clearly saw it wasn't on material cost going up due to Covid. He ever changed his builders supervision fee from 10K to 20K due to his banker telling him he can't make a living charging that amount. He never once told us he was doing that. He basically bullied us into settling with him on a price and then he tells us the pond dam work was 6K. Of course, we went back and forth about it and ended it by saying after he completes all work to our home that was not finished we would pay him for the pond dam work. That was the only way we thought we could make it to closing. He has not completed all items we requested to be completed. He has attempted via text to get his 6K. Now he says he is going to put a construction lien against our property. I need to know what options do I have to keep from having to pay him the 6K. I believe we have paid him his 6K when we paid him 10K more for his supervision of the build.......Read More
Hello,
I live in Mississippi and there is something very shady and unfortunate going on. A friend of mine who was also my pastor has passed. He had many businesses that provided home improvement and landscaping services. Before he passed, he quoted a price of $300 to me to repair a wooden fence at my residence. I paid him $150 through cashapp and I noted “fence” and the next day I paid $150 and noted “for the fence balance.” He was in the hospital at the time but still handling business affairs from his bed. He’d sent his father and some other crew members to do the work. I never saw them and was not home while they were doing the repairs. He asked me to send photos of the work when I arrived. I did. I asked him if they were returning to finish because they left new boards stacked by my air conditioning unit and the other side of my fence had warped boards still hanging. He didn’t sound too sure so I told him not to worry himself and that I’d have my sons to do it so I took care of the rest of the $300. Keep in mind, his company is registered with the state but he nor his father or the company is a licensed contractor. Unfortunately, he passed a few days after this good deed. He’d been wanting to help me repair it for months. I have text messages to verify that. They repaired it around March 21-22,2022. He passed on March 25th. Well today 5/3/2022, I received USPS informed delivery in my email showing an envelop from his father, who he gave the business to. His father has changed the name of the business to a similar name, which is not even legally registered in the state of Mississippi. When I made it home, I checked the mail; the envelope was addressed to me and underneath my name it had my friend’s name and - “tenant” which was ODD to me. I’m his friend but not his tenant or anyone’s tenant for that matter which leads me to believe some shady intent is to come. I opened the envelope and it was an invoice with the new company name, his father's name and his aunt’s name and contact info listed as a facilitator. With not specific details it says “fence built” dated for 3/19/22 and says I owe $800 and that it’s due upon receipt. I never spoke with him ever or her about this work. I’ve never heard of their new company until now. I never contracted this work with them and I paid my friend/pastor for the work before he passed. I don’t know what agreement they had between them but I know what we agreed on between us. I’m still grieving his death and his family has already been ruthless with church members and now this which seems unethical! I sense that he/she is attempting to set things up to place a lien on my home! And it would be fraudulent because I do not owe him a thing. As a matter of fact, the fence wasn’t finished and material is still on the ground. I’d even sent pictures and asked my friend if they were coming back to finish. What can I do?...Read More
$5000 deposit made while owner was still working on property. Several attempts made to him to make some changes to his contract in order to complete the loan process. He used the money for work being done to the property...Read More
I put a new metal roof on a property but didn’t sign contract. Owner will not pay I have witnesses and live video of me installing the roof....Read More
I live in my fathers home that he owns he has not lived here in three years but the bills stayed in his name i just pay them. I have done over 15000 in repairs such as a new roof new bathroom floor kitchen floor and a 400 sq foot add on that he has only giving me 300$ since repairs have been complete. Now he wants me too move out but dont wanna pay me oh yeah we never signed a lease agreement as well as he lives in another state...how do i get paid and is it worth my time our relationship isnt healthy and im his only child at that.......Read More
My husband and I are separated. we had a 1998 camaro that is titled in my name. He took all the money so I took the car. Now his dad is threatening to press charges because he said he put some of the parts in the car including the motor. Can he do that? He said he would file a mechanics lein on it. ...Read More
Our home builder left lots of items unfinished and just had materials delivered and left leaning against our home. They did not install some items, (pot filler and more), and some work must be redone. (A brick knee-wall was built off-center and must be removed and rebuilt in order to complete the sunroom) We have discovered that they buried large amounts of debris in the yard. We discovered this because they covered this debris with dirt and did not provide erosion control or sod in this area, causing the items to be exposed by rains. Significant erosion now exists. They were finally told to leave our property and not return after they entered our residence without permission or us present, two weeks after we had closed and moved in. They claimed that they were doing a final walk-thru. Now they are claiming that we owe them for the materials and labor on work not completed. We offered to allow them to retrieve the materials they delivered without notice to our home. They would not respond. Next they filed notice of a Contractors Lien through an attorney's office.
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How can I put a lien on a job with no money to pay for the filing fee up front due to lack of the money because I have tied up all my money in the job...Read More
I signed a contract with the owner of the property and I was given 60 days to complete the job and I was 2 weeks into it she started rushing me to get the job done and she then hired a designer to come in and see over the house and he also has been rushing the job so much that he took over how I was to split the remainder of the money with my employees because they are the ones who are actually doing the work and the owner and the designer told me I was not to come back to the house until the job was completed and change the locks on the entrance gate and doors and cut my lock off giving me no access to get in to work...Read More
Have a mechanic shop the owner left it for 30 days and I started storage I ran certified letters to the owner and lien holder. My husband has been doing this for 30 years I have 5 I have went by the guidelines of Mississippi but now a lawyer is telling me I can’t charge storage on the vehicle ...Read More
I've redone the whole front end of this vechile.. from replacing inner and outer tie rods upper and lower ball joints.. also replace the cc axles...Read More