I received and lean for work done on a three level three unit apartment building and I live in one of the units the lien is an intent to lean it was sent registered mail but I never signed it because it was just put through the door. I did respond to the letter with the text to the contractor stating he sent me a bill a final bill and it did not show eight payments since last April. I am willing to pay the entire amount which dramatically exceeded the original budget due to construction problems such as plumbing and electrical that were not anticipated and four month delay in completing the project because of covid supply line delays. I cannot refinance this property that has significant equity with a lien. I don't even know if his payments would reconcile with my Banks payments. How could you assist me...Read More
It is my understanding that I need to file a notice to lien in the state of PA. While working with level set, an error occurred. They file this notic4 with the wrong co. name. I wanted to make sure that it's just a matter of amending the original filed document....Read More
A kitchen company never finished there work and disappeared for almost 4 months then came back for one day and had a lawyer threaten to file a lien now on November first filed and I did not get the notice till the 12th I don’t have the money to hire a lawyer to fight this but there work was crap and now I’m one day away from the 20th and I have to respond by then and I don’t know how to do that I been looking up rocket lawyer but it hard I don’t know what to do we would definitely win if we knew how to fight this. But I don’t want to get a lien for something I didn’t do this was there fault not mine...Read More
We have had a piling rig on rent to a customer and they are moving the equipment from Houston, TX to Green Bay, WI. So it is an ongoing rental....Read More
I am a house owner in Pennsylvania. I had hired a PA to help with an electrical unit replacement claim. The PA then called the restoration company to rip off the drywall and install moisture sucking machine to find the potential leak that caused the unit replacement. They were unsuccessful in finding the cause and then we got a local handyman to fix it for us for just $150. We were told that that the claim would pay for all the expenses but the work authorization contract we signed with the restoration company had a line that said I will be responsible to pay the company if the claim gets rejected. The PA also created an inflated bill for future repairs such as repainting the drywall and carpet replacement and sent it to our insurance company which eventually got denied. The restoration company wants us to pay the inflated bill of $8000 for one day's worth of work (ripping drywall (in ~100sqft area) and sent us a notice of lien. How do I deal with this? I do not want to get into any legal battles....Read More
I am a supplier working on a large commercial job in Cranberry Township (over $500,000 in materials we are supplying to a subcontractor). I have been looking to see if the job has been registered on the "state construction notices directory", so I can put them on notice that we are a supplier. I have not seen this job on there yet.
If the job is not filed with this website, does that mean a prelim notice is not necessary? Would it still be a good idea to mail a notice to the owner and GC on the project?...Read More
I would like to know when I enter a new project and they ask for start date and completion date, which date am I using. Example : We supply the materials. So when the subcontractor places his order on lets say June 1st and we ship it out on June 2nd, Invoice it on June 3rd, Do I use the Invoice date as my start date ? We do not know when a job starts or ends, since we only supply the material. So do I need to issue a date at all ?
Please advise . Thank you...Read More
I'm looking into the requirement of a prelim notice in the state of Pennsylvania for a private job. Our PO with our customer is $621,000 but we have no idea how much the cost of the overall job will be. The requirement to send a preliminary notice for PA is $1.5; is that overall for the job or just for the amount of the job that we are supplying material for?...Read More
We received an order that is in addition to an order for a job that is already in LevelSet. The original order was fulfilled and paid. This additional order is for the same address/job but has a different PO and Job #. Do I need to send another Preliminary Notice for this job?...Read More
We have a single contract and invoice that's for 5 different properties. Some are located in Pennsylvania and some are in New Jersey. What's the best way to go about sending preliminary notices on these jobs when the invoice amount isn't separated but is one lump sum? ...Read More
Hi there,
We always try to send a prelim within 30 days of sending an invoice. We've had a recent situation where within 10 days of the material shipping to Pittsburg the whole project has been cancelled. We charge a 25% restocking fee to our customers (to cover handling, etc.) and we have cancelled the initial invoice and reissued the new (restocking fee) one. Can I still send a prelim even though the job is cancelled and I assume the amount I would enter would be the 25% restocking vs. the full amount??
Thanks,
Linsay ...Read More
If we contract as a consultant with an Architect in relation to the Architect's contract with the Owner, what would we be classified as what our role is? Subcontractor? Other?...Read More
We contracted to supply materials with the General Contractor on a job at the U of PA. Is the U of PA a public school or a private school? If it is public, please confirm that we do NOT need to file a lien claim against the GC now, in order to be able to enforce a claim later....Read More
We will be doing construction work in the state of PA. In the contract the following wording appeared:
"A subcontractor that fails to file a Notice of Furnishing on the Dept. of General Services publicly accessible Internet website as required by the act of August 24, 1963 (P.L. 1175, No. 497), know as the Mechanics Lien Law of 1963, may forfeit the right to file a mechanics lien. It is unlawful for a searchable project owner, project owner's agent, contractor or subcontractor to request, suggest, encourage or require a subcontractor no file the required notice as required by the Mechanics' Lien Law of 1963."...Read More