We have a project coming up in Albemarle County. It is a Parking Garage and Sitwork with Apartment Buildings coming later. Is there a Notice of Commencement required for Private Projects?...Read More
I own a piece of land in Virginia, and allowed my then Brother-In-Law to place approximately 100 pallets of building materials (brick, block, etc) on that land. Now, 4+ years (and a divorce) later, the building materials are still there - and I want to sell the land. I've got a buyer and an offer to purchase t...Read More...Read More
in the situation when mechanic’s liens (ML) filed in the land records have not been enforced with a Complaint filed in the Fairfax Circuit Court, - Is it correct that ML statute requires that any ML filed against real property in VA must be enforced by a Complaint to Enforce a ML within 6 months of the da...Read More...Read More
Hello! We worked on a project Dairy central Phase 2 in Virginia. Last delivery was 10/07/2021, we are not paid for deliveries from 05/20/2021, 09/27/2021 and 10/07/2021. On 12/02/2021 we filed a Lien on the property, last day covered according to 150 rule is 05/10/2021 so we should be covered. W...Read More...Read More
I am a GC, the owner is refusing to pay the 4/5 payments. We have stopped work. Do I need to file a Prelim Notice to the Owner before a Notice of Intent to ensure they are held responsible? ...Read More
A Mechanics Lien was placed on my condominium unit (one of 38 in the condo community) by a company who had erected/installed a telecommunications tower on city property adjacent to the condo community in which I live. My unit was arbitrarily cited for the lien. I never received any notice of t...Read More...Read More
We just started on a project yesterday but the GC handled the contracts a little different than most. They actually issued us 7 contracts for this one project. One project per scope. Such as a contract for framing, a contract for drywall, etc. Do I need to send a prelim notice for each contract, or just sen...Read More...Read More
We are issuing a Preliminary Notice to our customer that we are currently working with. However, we have a change order that is approved by our customer, but not theirs (the owner). Can this amount be added to the original contract amount and included in the Notice?...Read More
A customer is questioning why we are requesting the information to file a preliminary notice on a hospital construction project for which we will be renting, erecting, relocating and removing for the masonry contractor....Read More