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Hello, I have a couple of liens and I would like to offer my customers a 50% discount. I am already losing money and I dont want to hire a lawyer because I just want to recover the costs.
Do you have a suggesting letter? could you please just guide me?
The homeowners already paid in full to the contractor. The contractor failed to pay me and they closed their business. So, it is not in me to impose more burden on these homeowners and much less in this present circumstances.
Thank you in advance for your kindness,
Elsie
FloridaI moved into a new house and hired the landscaping company that works for the H away they were problems from the beginning which should’ve been a sign - they didn’t check the irrigation and went ahead and laid the sod the side all died they said they would go ahead and replace it because it was their fault and they also took a whole planting area out which they were supposed to leave so they really screwed a lot of stuff up - they replace the sod and put back the planting area as well as possible it’s still not the way that it was but I’m pretty much done with these people and now at the balance of the original bid there were no contract signed at all there’s $296 left - I had a gazebo in the back which had a Bougainvillea on it all I wanted them to do was cut the Bougainvillea away from the gazebo because they screwed up the job so much they did extra things and said we want to keep you happy we’re gonna do whatever you want so they went ahead and remove the gazebo without me even asking which I had my own guy who is ready to do that and they sent me an additional $600 bill for irrigation repairs that they did which not once did they say we’re going to charge you for these or give me a price or have me do a change order - they charge me for cutting the Bougainvillea back which they never told me they were going to do and also charge me for removing the gazebo which I have an a text they are guy said if we had charged you for this it would’ve been expensive so throughout all of this not one time did they give me a price or say you’re going to be responsible all they kept saying was we want you to be happy we’re going to take care of everything and fix our mistake for screwing everything up - they didn’t charge me for any of the irrigation repairs although I told them I had my own irrigation company if I needed to do that but they charge me for having the guys come over and talk to me to make sure everything was working etc. so now they’re saying if I don’t pay they are going to file a lien on the property - I come from family general contractor so I know quite a bit about noticed the owners and liens they never gave me a notice to owner the last time they were on the job was April 6 and the balance that they are sending me is $600 and there’s no contracts nothing was signed not one time out of that $600 bill did they say you’re gonna be charge for this on the original invoice I owe them $296 and they still have two plants they didn’t plant that are sitting in pots and they ripped out when they ripped the gardening section out they ripped out the border which was different pieces of wood and threw that out so they put just a plastic border in which they said they would replace once they found something so they’re really not even done with the original job but I’m done with them specially when they said they’re going to file a lien
FloridaHello
I sent a Stop Notice on a public project in California. What are my next steps? Do I file against the bond?
CaliforniaWe are working with a solar company that drew up a contract explaining that we could either have a "smart switch" which can feed the energy directly into the house during a power outage or a battery. We thought a smart switch was the answer and the contract was hand written in under "other" smart switch - $5,700.00. The amount for monthly payment was figured to our approval and the panels were installed. When they went to install the switch, the laborers informed us that we could only use 1/4 of the power generated which would barely light a lightbulb. We told them the gentleman who sold it to us said it would do 3 rooms and they said, no way. We called them back and after stuttering and stammering, they admitted they only just got the switches and knew very little about them. We said this was not what we were told and wanted to switch to a battery instead. After weeks they came back and said no, we need both the switch and the battery to make the battery work and our monthly payment would go up $170.00 per month, now out of our financial reach (they promised that our solar bill would match our current electric bill replacing like for like so we would not be out of pocket). They also said they could not take the switch off of the contract (basically, we were stuck with that) but could add the battery. Can they legally do this? Surely this is a breech of contract! Thank you very much for your assistance
VirginiaI work for an excavation company. We don't use Levelset at the company I currently work for. The company that I used to work for used Levelset, and it was very helpful. Recently, I took over the billing at the company I currently work for and noticed that there are more than a few jobs that have unpaid invoices dating as far back as 2016. Our contract is fairly basic regarding client invoicing and payment, basically we will submit invoices every (30) days, client shall pay invoices in full within (30) days, If client fails to pay we may give (10) notice to client to secure the default, if they fail to do so, we can stop work. I would like to attempt to collect on some of these old invoices. Do I have any recourse, if so, what steps would I have to take in order to do so? Thank you in advance.
CaliforniaHi, I was working as a subcontractor in a commercial build-out in California. We have submitted pay Apps monthly and in the contract there is a waiver of lien against the owner. GC refused to pay us with the reasoning that the tenant has not paid them. We have been in this project since June and we completed the job in October. Although we submitted the pay apps regularly, we have not been paid since the first day of job. In the contract we have the term that the GC will pay subs when owner payment is received. What do you recommend us to do? Regards,
CaliforniaI had a mechanics lean put on our property and have been sent to a third party collection agency by a hydro seed company in Georgia after I disputed part of the charge on our charge card. Thus far the company has not appealed payment as far as we know with Discover but filed a mechanics lean and has sent us to third party collection agency. The yard at first started growing grass then within 6 weeks a lot of grass just disappeared. This is when we decided to make partial payment. There were supposed to be 5 different seeds but we have only seen two types of grass. I had the person come out and they said they would come back next spring and redo failed areas for half price $500.00. The lean is for $1000.00. He said that the mix must have been done wrong. Not, believing that person would come back I appealed payment for the second day application but paid for first day and tilling. We were told the hydro seed would cover 6.0000 Sq ft at $1,000.00. Then the man stopped with very little area left to hydro seed but was the main area we had tilled and wanted to be green. Then his hose broke and Hydro seed still in his machine blew 30 ft in the air. It is our believe than we are under 6000 sq ft and in measuring both areas we are under 6000 square foot which should have been covered by only one application anyway. And with areas turning brown we did not think we should pay both charges so we did not. What is the next step we should take to have this issue resolved. Also, it seems odd to have a mechanics lean for spraying grass and not being a construction/building issue.
GeorgiaI have not been able to contact client in over 60 days. He does not want to pay me.
CaliforniaWe did work on a school for a contractor the job was completed however the contractor has refused to pay the remaining $9000 of the bid. Should we go to the school board to force payment or can we file a lien against the contractor?
IowaSee above
ColoradoTo whom this may concern,
My father and I are in the roofing Buisness about a year and a half ago we did a job for one of our well known contractors and the man never paid us. he has since then opened a new company and is operating around the area. The job was roughly 27k in owed money. We had no contract but did has confirming emails,(learning lesson) is there anything we can do?
Thank you
WashingtonFiled an intent lean on a job in Texas though here, trying to figure out if it a residential job or not. Its a development for townhomes, not sure if it's subdivided or not, it has street names. My issue is that I learned now that I'm apparently supposed to send a monthly notice, and I'm past the date if it is residential. Also, had to send invoices in once to the former project manager, then he quit, and then I had to turn in the invoices again to new guy a month later, so does the clock start over?
TexasWhat if we filed a top Notice on a GC and they were over 90 days late, They paid but did not pay the retention owed. Do we then file another stop notice with the retention amount not paid?
CaliforniaI drove from Georgia to do a deck for a "Friend" upon arrival He "Fills" Me in about Him having a Financial situation. Nevertheless, I stated to Him the expenses I paid to get to I Indiana from Georgia and requested those funds back, $250.00. He also paid a deposit of $850.00 to start the deck. It's been 2 months and He hasn't purchased Not Nair item of Material but He's requesting the Whole $1,100 back! What are My options...
IndianaI'm a subcontractor that and I finished my part of this commercial project back in July and I have yet to be paid. The project was completed a few days ago and they're requesting close out documents retainage, warranties etc. I believe the General Contractor disagrees with my itemized final payment and I believe there may be a breach of contract situation on their part.
Oklahoma