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Should I send a notice of intent to lien to the job owner/general? I worked hours and didn't get paid by a sub contractor I was working for and he fired me.
I worked side by side with the owner for all my hours are accounted for. The sub I was working for is living and making up false debts and saying I owe him money . So the homeowner said he will not pay the sub until I get paid. Should I still send him an intent to lien to get the ball rolling ?
ColoradoSo I've paid the contractor. They failed to pay the Bills due.
2 liens are on my property.
I do not think I was sent nto.
The contractor was on state license suspension.
What should I do?
FloridaDoes “final payment” mean the same as “payment in full” on a check? If so, how do I go about getting a mechanical lien removed from my property?
New York I had to fire the Contractor for several reasons. First, He did not fulfill the contract by the date signed by both of us. Second, he extended the work into 9 month's when it was supposed to be done in 3 months. I was paying Him according to work being done. Third, I wound up firing Him for not getting the work completed. By Code Enforcement pictures, all of the work He and his few workers did was done incorrectly and hazardously. One month after I fired Him He put a Mechanics Lien on the House. He took me to Court, now, a year later to get the Mechanics Lien Extended. He won. Now there is Threat in the air not knowing what He is going to do next. Thank you for any or all Help you can give me, sincerely and panicking Sharon M.L.
New York I believe a subcontractor is taking advantage of us so I hold his payment and he has filed a mechanics lien?
North CarolinaWe were surprised by final invoice from contractor which included a markup on subs. He told us the Certificate of Completion had to be revised to include the total cost of the project. The 20% markup was not stated in the original contract. Is this legitimate?
FloridaSirs : With the Aid of your firm I placed a lein for $19, 332 on a Sub contractor working under a large GC for a Large State Of Mass Project( Massport) after 6 months on discussions back and forth _ the Sub makes not attempt to pay the debt left behind. I have a Copy of the Bonding company that bonded the project the sub was working on.Do I have any bond claiming rights for payment under the Primes bonding company , even thought we worked for his Sub.
Would a rep give me a call to discuss my options.
MassachusettsOur company is a contents "personal property" moving and storage facility that contracts with the insured, is referred to the job by insurance or the restoration company. We have a contract with insured, we move out their stuff, store , and move back. The insurance company on this claim stopped paying the bills because they flagged it as possible insurance fraud from the insured and the restoration company.
We then had to go after the insured for the outstanding payment for several months and no payment.
We then finally placed a lien on their property for the amount after several attempts.
Insurance paid the customer a small check for our pack back services and the insured sent us a cease and desist letter (which has so many faulty statements) and will not pay us that check or the remaining balance, And on top of that they want us to withdraw our lien.
Can someone call me so i can talk out the situation and possible options or other similar stories?
CaliforniaI was working hrly and getting 1099 my employer fired me and now says I need to show him liability insurance and business name. I had 94.5 hrs and he has only paid me 1600.00 and owes me 1235.00?
ColoradoWhat is the time period (if there is none on the contract) that I have to pay for goods/services rendered in the state of Washington? I also paid 85% of the invoices, but we have not paid for 15%.
At what point, will the contractor have to possess or sell my goods?
WashingtonWater leak damaged 1st floor kitchen, living room, breakfast room, entryway, and formal dining room. Damages include tile in kitchen and entry, engineered wood floor in living room and formal fining room, drywall in all rooms, wallpaper in formal dining room, floor cabinets in kitchen, granite countertops because they cracked upon removal, and baseboards in all rooms.
Contractor gave an estimate that was $20k above adjusters estimate. Contractor and adjuster met in the middle at $30k. Repairs were being completed based off adjusters $30k estimate.
Repairs were to begin on set date and end one month later contingent upon the receival of insurance payment. Insurance payment was received 1 month after estimate start date. After receival of payment, work did not begin until two weeks later and 2 months after payment was received by contractor, work is still incomplete. Contractor had not appeared at job site since the beginning of work, drywall, paint, wood floor, and tile had been installed and contractor had not seen the performance.
Specific line items that insurance paid for were not used. These line items total an estimated $3k and include, but are not limited to plastic barriers, air scubbers, HEPA filters, and floor leveling cement.
The insurance claim has an included overhead and profit seperate from the RCV of each item, this overhead and profit totals roughly $4600.
For the replacement of granite countertops, insurwnce paid $73.75 pernsquare foot for materials and labor. Contractor set granite material budget at $42-48 per square foot and recommended two granite fabrication conpanies. I decided on a granite counter from one of the recommended companies and was told by the contractor that it was $25 over budget. I contacted the granite company personally and requeated a price for the granite slab and a per square price for materials and install of said granite slab. The slab cost $1128.01 and the per square foot of the slab including install was $72, $1.75 per square foot below the insurance estimate.
Base kitchen cabinets (floor level) were paid to be removed and fully replaced with new cabinets, $5600 RCV. Contractor initially stated that new cabinets would be installed because the labor hours to rebuild boxes would cost more than new cabinets, cabinet fabricator arrives and says cabinet boxes are being rebuilt. Contractor later tells me that new cabinets and rebuilt boxes are the same price except insurwnce did not cover stain matching of new cabinets, so he opted for rebuilt boxes instead, without my approval. Keep in mind these are a common wood stain base level cabinets. Cabinets were installed, the base of each cabinet was rebuilt, one complete box was rebuilt, and the side of two cabinet sections were rebuilt. The rest of the cabintry was recycled from the water damage, i.e., pieces of the cabinet boxes were removed and installed elsewhere or not removed at all. The level of work has given me cabinets with chips, swollen water stains, dirt/debris, and large cracks.
It appears as thoight the contractor is limiting the budget of materials and install to create a larger profit margin and purposely excluding items from the insurance claim to create even more profit.
Is this a breach of contract? Minor or Major? How should I attack this issue? The owner of the company has been contacted which sped up the process as my cabinets were installed 2 days later, but the quality is still lacking and money is still unaccounted for.
TexasWe are in the horizontal bore drilling industry and we hit 2 water lines one of which was not marked and they are holding our payment for over 6 months now due to the water company invoices for hitting those and lines and they are trying to hold us responsible for several others that wasn't us. We didn't even receive an invoice for the ones we did hit until yesterday and there is still places we aren't responsible for on those invoices. The company that is holding our payment is also not helping the water company figure out what subcontractor is responsible for for their invoices. We are needing that payment and have been because we are about to have to shut our company down due to their holding of payment. What should we do? And they still haven't paid any of the retain-age fees from prior invoices.
TexasMy construction supply vendor is refusing to give me a history of my account and a $1405 credit has dissapeared . They are refusing to explain where it went
TexasI have a dispute with a large company over paying for materials. The dispute is over the amount that is owed. The home closed and went to permanent loan in March. We have tried to work with this company to get the amount changed but have been ignored and pushed aside because we are a little guy and now they are seeking legal council because they have failed to retain their lien rights. What are my rights to get this handled or do I still owe them at all?
TexasIf you write the word Final in a memo box is it binding
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