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A contractor is refusing to pay me because I didn't perform additional work that was not stated in the contract. The project is still going on and this contractor is being paid directly from a city. Do I file an intent to lien? I should also mention he owes me thousands more dollars from projects going back to March. I'm pretty sure he's using money he owes me to pay attorney fee's for his legal problems, concerts, and his multiple travels to Europe.
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I prepaid a contractor $1250 in New Orleans to stain our back deck, and seal the bricks under the deck. He has completed about a third of the work, despite being paid in full in June. At this point, we’d just like the work completed, or receive a partial refund. Is this the kind of work you handle?
LouisianaBn working for few weeks at a remodel project that for two weeks hasn't made payroll
MississippiHomeowner has a perfect job, that I did for a friend of ours. And they are refusing to pay me my final balance!
MichiganI have been working on a job as a subcontractor.the job was for 14000.by my notice from a app I had to prime and 2 coat all painted surfaces.all stained surfaces was 1 coat stain one coat of clear.with no drywall patching.
The builder asked me to patch all drywall so we could move foward with our finish coat of paint.my boss Prodigity painting did not want responsibility for this project so the builder ask me if I would be willing to handle it.I stated as long as all my men's time as well as mine would be paid by the builder then I would do it.after that I was added a extra coat of clear on all stain work and to caulk all interior panels and to bonsai all window casings and door casings .over 4000 in extra time of labor for me and my men.my boss Prodigity then fired me and would not allow me to come back and finish the interior in which he owed me a additional 3500.i just want my money for the extra work.how do I get my money I have people wanting to take me to court for there money and I don't no what to do.plz help
GeorgiaWe are in the business of insurance restoration. We have a client that owes us, per our contract, almost $21,000. He has paid us the total of the original claim amount, but we negotiated with the insurance company on a much larger settlement to cover all of the damages. He won't pay the rest, stating that "we shouldn't know the total from insurance - it's not our business". We have his written permission to negotiate directly with insurance for the settlement, so of course we know the amount. What do we do?
Minnesotawe have completed over 100 thousand dollars in work and still have not been paid....
North CarolinaI was hired to replace water damaged hardwood flooring in hallway, remove carpet in one bedroom and screen all rooms with hardwood and polyurethane them price included labor and materiLs. The job was in her mom's home. Her mom just passed. What do i do now? She is refusing to pay job was 95% complete we moved all furniture in all rooms and she called the police. She breached contract and says she don't like it. She's got a $15000 job done for $1500 shes paid $600
GeorgiaWe are a general contractor and we filed a lien on the property through zlien and the property has 2 homeowners on title. We took both homeowners to small claims and we won the judgment. The judge took one of the homeowners off the case reason being that he didn't sign a contract with us for the remodel. Now the homeowner that did sign is still unwilling to pay. How can we go after the second homeowner due to him being on the Property title.
CaliforniaWe filed a $100k ML against a property owner for non-payment. However, we did not bring suit within the 90 day period and the ML is now expired. Have we lost our rights for payment at this point?
CaliforniaThis is an ongoing issue with almost all of our projects. When we attempt to include "pending change orders" on our SOVs when billing, GCs tend to reject these pay applications stating they cannot submit a billing with these amounts until they have received their Owner Change Order in order to issue our Subcontract Change Order. However, we run into situations where this goes on for months.
TexasI was asked to Venetian plaster for a "friends" new home being built in Washington state. She is paying cash so she carries all the insurance and liability. We agreed upon payment of $10 per square foot . I completed 900 sq ft of work and then she refused to pay me. What can I do?
WashingtonI need my money and these assholes ain't paying me
FloridaHi, I am a draftsperson did worked for an architect on a project as a freelancer. He didn’t pay and promised to pay after getting the c.o. The owner start residing since April 2018. The last minor job was done at the single family house was on september 2018. I did work on the project from 2016 January to 2016 September. Can i get a mechanics lien? Thanks
New YorkThe project started in 2016 and suffered many set backs and delays. In June we were finally allowed to start running the Network Cabling and Fiber Optic Cable and all sporting equipment to get the Gym up and going. Part of the contract also included the building of a new Jr High which was going at the start of the new year, but the owner chose to bill the entire project at the end of the project. Both are operational and doing good. East Texas Copy Systems originally got the bid to do the network cabling and we then provided them a price to do the work. They then got purchased by Data Max INC before we finished the project and now starts our battle. What do we do at this point to get paid? ETCS no longer exists and Data Max says that ETCS owes the debt, not them.
Texas