I am custom building a home. The lumber allowance for framing in the contract was $115,000. I just got an email from my builder that, due to lumber costs increases, the actual cost came in $65,000 more than the allowance. The house is already framed. He did not come to me first to inquire if I wanted him to go ahead and purchase the materials given the high increase in costs. He did not give me the opportunity to make a decision as to whether or not I wanted to pause the building process until lumber was more reasonably priced. Now he is telling me I am fully responsible for the additional $65,000 which is a 56% increase over what is in the contract. Do I have any recourse here or do I have to eat this kind of added charge? It's a huge amount of money I was not expecting to spend....Read More
the lien Cancellation is still showing pending mailing the form to the owner. can we mail prior to the 11/24/21 date.. The customer is requesting the letter update. ...Read More
I worked for a bar on and off for four years. I always wrote down when I started and stopped, took break, ran errand. I was not paid mileage for errands. After 4 years of this I got sick of it because I always worked more hours than I was paid. It turns out I received $1.38 per hour based on what the boss gave me versus the hours I worked. The owner now has a buyer and I want to file a lien to ensure payment due me. what do I do?
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I have a mechanics lien that was filed on June 29, 2021. The deadline to enforce date is quickly approaching. What are next steps to ensure payment? What is process to ensure lien was filed properly and valid with county?
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If I am using only third party contractors in TN in Hamilton county for flooring installation do I personally need a “Home Imlrovement License”...Read More
I am an owner designee on a residential project that is vacant and approximately 60% finished. Was on the job 8 weeks and departed due to non-payment. ...Read More
I am currently doing work on a home that I am under contract. The customer is not paying. I do not have a contractors license. Can I file a lien?...Read More
We completed a job for one of your current general contractors and it was a tenant up-fit for a karate studio in a grocery store chain development. We are still owed over $20,000 and the GC advised us to lien the karate studio. Can we lien the studio??? ...Read More
we are in the drywall business and drywalled a martial arts studio for one of our regular general contractor. He has not paid us on that job and after talking with him he advised us to place a lien on the owner. I don't know how we can do this since we were hired by the GC and the business owner is leasing the space....Read More
I am a contractor I do federal government contracts. We progress invoice each month. On our G703 we have several line items (3pages) during the progress invoicing, some line items we over paid and now our final is due and I dont know how to adjust the over paid line items to balance to 100% complete on each line item overpaid to show the correct balance due. There is no retainage....Read More
I need to file a lien on a contractor and an owner for the same job. One small exterior painting job was directly billed to the owner . The other invoices are billed to the GC. The owner hasn’t paid anything and my invoices are overdue 24 and 30 days. This is my first lien ever. Do I send a notice first?...Read More