i have written contract to renovate a bathroom i went to start first day and found that vthere was no water shutoff valves so therefore i had to stop and inform homeowner that first we needed to install new valves she signed on and paid next morning we went to purchase valves and did we then went to home and attempted to start vwork the homeowner said i was late sand ther3efore wanted to cancel the contract ..i allready started work with one helper and invested in it...i cannot do my job now the homeowner wants payment returned..i cannot return down paymjent as im invested in this job..am i right to bring breach or whatever and entitled to the money from contract and losses from not being able to start another job and lost that money also
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MY DEADLINE TO ENFORCE/EXTEND IS IN 3 DAYS - I filed a lien last year as a sub contractor on a single family residence in Suffolk County, New York. I am trying to extend the lien a bit- is this okay to be done on this property if it is a single family residence?? If not, what are my best options at this point?? ...Read More
We wonder if a lien waiver only pertains payment for material and services provided or also for other costs (e.g. open demurrage claims) that the general contractor owes a supplier. ...Read More
I'm was consulting on a New York public project (Ernst and Young) and I filed a mechanics lien after a year I got a letter stating that my lien was to expire so I filed for an extension during that period I got a letter from the bonding company about my lien can I still file a bond lien . I received the notice from the surety company in Dec. of 2021. The original lien was first filed in Sept. 2020. an extension was filed on Dec.28 2021 only to find out that I filed the wrong lien. I should have filed a bonded lien. Can I still file for a bond lien or am I too late....Read More
I am a contractor hired to do pointing and a facade restoration job on a large commercial condo building in NYC with 190 condo tenant owners . they have paid me half but are refusing to pay the rest. Can you guys lien a condo building for work i did on the building common area, being the exterior facade and do i have to lien all 190 tenants. Marc 917 577 8883...Read More
We missed a deadline to extend a mechanics lien, what options do we have now to enforce a lien? Can we create another lien on the property? ...Read More
We filed a mechanics lien on a property owner for unpaid invoices for improvements to the property. That property is now being sold. We missed the extension date in march 2021. Do we still have a mechanics lien in place?...Read More
I am experiencing great problems when dealing with Primes and payments, will this work when you are dealing with A1A billing or State work? I am currently experiencing a 90 to 120day turnaround on those types of invoices and are working towards my WMBE Certification but do not want to proceed if I can't get them to pay better. The contracts I must sign have 15+ pages on how I'm going to get paid, and some of them state that I will get paid when they get paid...is there any way I can negotiate these type of contracts?? It seems to me that New York State wants everyone else to fund their projects and protects themselves with a bunch of high priced attorney's pens. It is making the Construction industry a VERY TOXIC ONE, there is so much stress due to the lack of interest from primes and owners after the contract has been signed. I would like a solution before I start a job or at least 30 days after I invoice. The Owners should have to put up a bond for payment, these type of jobs can run me over $20,000 a week in payroll which I cannot fund, any input you can give would be greatly appreciate. ...Read More
Hi, who should I address the Notice of Intent to Foreclose to? The landlord or the person who hired me/owes me the money (and cc' the landlord)?
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We have a lien on storage facility / property in NYC funds are retainage over a year old owner is out of state we would like to know the cost to GC/owner to bond the lien in actual dollars in other words as it is a bond what percentage/amount would need to be deposited with court and for what duration ?...Read More