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I'm in Texas. I recently did all the civil work for a subdivision. The land that the subdivision was built on came with a lifetime drainage easement for the adjacent property. My customer needed me to make improvements to that adjacent property in order to satisfy the easement for the subdivision that they just constructed. If he doesn't pay me for the work I did on the adjacent property, can I lien his subdivision or is my lien only valid on the actual property to which improvements were made, regardless of which property actually benefits from the improvements?
TexasI'm a GC and I was hired by the tenant to do retail tenant improvement work. We have not been paid for the work and I want to file a lien against the tenant. Am I allowed to file?
New HampshireWe are a subcontractor on a job in LA. They are refusing to pay the final payment amount. It appears that we weren't required to send a preliminary notice as a subcontractor on this project. Our customer, Pentek Homes, is the GC. I just want to make sure that was a correct assessment, as we've ordered the lien to be filed.
LouisianaWe are a GC that contracts directly with the property owner with no lender. In our contract their is a notice included stating our right to file a lien. Do I still need to send a 20 prelim on our jobs to preserve our lien rights?
CaliforniaI am a subcontractor in Illinois, and we have not been fully paid from the GC for a fire alarm system upgrade at 77 W Washington St in Chicago. We have been trying to work with the GC to get paid on a partial retainage from previous work and a change order to add stairwell door unlocking based on fire department comments. Our job was completed in June 2019. The GC told us that the money is owed to us by the GC (We have written documentation), we still have not been paid.
Since we are past the 90-day window, what would be our best legal remedy to either file an LOI or proceed with filing the Mechanics Lien?
I appreciate your assistance with this matter.
IllinoisMy husband and I hired a local company to pour our driveway. We'll call him "Mr. Fix-it". Mr. Fix-it poured our driveway as we agreed, did a good job and we paid Mr. Fix-it the full amount per our agreement.
Today we received a letter from the concrete company stating Mr. Fix-it has not paid the balance of what he owed them. They advised that they will put a lien on our house if the balance isn't paid. The letter said Mr. Fix-it is not returning their calls. They asked in the letter to contact Mr. Fix-it to get him to pay.
I called and advised that they cannot file a lien against our home because the agreement was between Mr. Fix-it and the concrete company. Their agreement has nothing to do with us.
Am I right?
North CarolinaThey did the job, a new roof! However, They damaged My garage door & gutters. Still, not repaired 2 weeks later. I, want repairs done before final payment.
FloridaWe sell insulation materials. How to guarantee receipt in these cases through Lien? Could we put a Lien on the trucks of companies or something like that in Massachussets? And in this case it is not exactly a construction project... It is just selling materials to other resellers...
MassachusettsNYC, NY. We have a fully executed letter of intent which explicitly reads: "This letter serves to confinn the intent of Pizzarotti LLC (the "Construction Manager") and Fujitec
America, Inc. (the "Trade Contractor"), together the "Parties", to enter into a Trade Contract (the"Contract") relating to Vertical Transportation ("Scope of Work") and other related work in connection with the project located at 45 Broad Street, New York, NY (the "Project") in agreement with Madison 45
Broad Development, LLC (the "Owner").
While the Parties conduct their Contract negotiations, Construction Manager has requested, and Trade Contractor has agreed to proceed with the Engineering Analysis of the Building Sway for elevators PEI,PE2, and SE3, which will require the layout."
We have not custom fabbed materials or put any labor on the job other than the engineering. Can we lien the $ engineering when we don't yet have a fully exe contract (process is being delayed by COVID19)?
New YorkI am a licensed contractor been in businesss for 18 years. I completed a roof on 4 / 3 / 2020
The customer said i damaged his driveway which is a lie. So he witheld $2,000.00 He owed me $7,000.00 and only sent check for $5,000.00
MichiganWas sent a notice to intent to file a lien. Floor company over charged me, by stating we had 2200 sq ft, when in reality we only have 2000. They did not finish job but are demanding payment. We have offered to pay for what is fair
CaliforniaI'm a restoration contractor in North Carolina. I do work in South Carolina and have need to file a lien. What are the rules regarding my lien rights in South Carolina?
South CarolinaI have been working for a guy on a remodel for about 2 months now. I priced the job as whole but also listed the jobs with prices individually. 5 jobs totaling 18,000$. I have also paid all labor and materials along the way. There was no upfront deposit. I have asked for and made 2 small draws since we started totaling 3500$. As we started getting down to the last couple jobs he started adding jobs. At first i was happy to have the work but started to get the feeling that he was just prolonging the final job and final payment. I told him i would do no more new jobs until the first contract was completed and paid but would be more than happy to continue from there but wanted to do it on a job to job bases. With 4 days work remaining to complete original contract which now also included the 6300$ worth of new jobs he added along the way. He came up with a BS reason to fire me and run off the job. So at this point we are at 23,300$ minus the 3,500$ in draws Total 19,800$. One of the jobs was replacing new window through out the house. The bid was written for Windows and trim. I did not specify interior trim only on the windows. The style window that was put in is made for vinyl siding to but up against. when we put the windows in there was not siding on the house at all and still not siding on the house but he is saying he meant for us to and my bid include putting trim around the exterior of the windows. Point is he is saying the window job is not complete so he is not obligated to pay me for it. The window bid was 7800$. there are a couple other jobs that he is saying the same kind of thing on. He told me He would send me a check for 3700$ and that was all that i am owed. That will be paying me 7,200$ on a 23,300$ job. Not to mention that i have about 9k Invested in materials and 6k Invested in labor and expenses. What should i do? I am broke and need money. If i take the 3700 is that me agreeing and its over or should i not take that money?
TennesseeWe are an equipment supplier providing rental equipment for a client that is gold mining in ID. They are using it as support equipment at the mine on the surface, to help support the underground mining operations at the site, moving material, equipment, structures, moving material into the mill and around other desired locations on the surface. Do we have lien rights?
IdahoI am a general contractor and subcontractor working with residential shower door glass and mirror installations, labor and material in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The first time we are at the residence is to measure the site of the work. We do not charge for this measure. We order the material for the job the day the customer or the general contractor give us the go ahead. We don't typically do the installation until 10 days later.
What date should we pre-lien to start the clock in Minnesota and Wisconsin?
Minnesota