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I'm the general contractor on a residential bath room kitchen in a finished room above a detached
garage . I did not file an intent to lien at the start of the job. Customer added extras & changes in
the amount $ 9,259.78 & now is refusing to pay . Can file a lien legally .
WashingtonDear Sir,
Sorry to contact you, I got your name from the internet research and from one of the articles(Budde,Nathan) you have published, hoping to get some guidance from you.
I am new in construction industry.
I started by building my own house.
I hired a construction manager to build our own house and to enter in the construction industry.
I found out one vendor myself for dive way pavers and backyard pavers. We signed a contract with him
to finish above project of drive way and back yard for X amount of money including labor and materials charges.
He completed job. He made me buy $ 6363.88 worth of material which I bought on my credit card
and provided him.
I mad him a full payment and provided material worth $ 6363.88 which he was supposed to purchase himself.
Out of nowhere, I got a certified mail from a supplier from whom this vendor of mine bought some
materials stating that they are bringing a lien against my property in the sum of $ 16621. 91 and
included copies of 14 invoices which I have no knowledge of.
So , I already paid my vendor his labor and material cost for the contract ,I have to pay again
to the supplier of his the material cost even though I paid my vendor not only the material cost
but also $ 6363.88 material I bought for him on credit. I am paying the material cost twice.
Is there any justice in the USA?
Can you show me how should I handle this situation.
I feel like quitting the construction field I have decided to go into.
New JerseyWe are a material supplier of aggregates in Washington state. If a customer purchases material from us to stockpile at a property, but not to use the material to improve the property, do we have lien rights to that property?
WashingtonWhat does it mean to be licensed in the state of Virginia in order to file a mechanics lien? I don't know what that means to be licensed. How do we become one if we are not? We are only a material supplier. We're not providing any services in VA. Why do we need to be licensed?
VirginiaWe worked as a sub-contractor under a General Contractor on a project, and the General Contractor had us sign a unconditional waiver and release on final payment form even though we have not been paid anything on the entire project yet. I have the document we signed, does that waive our rights to file a mechanics lien. I have an email stating that from the GC, and we wrote on the unconditional waiver that they owe us the total dollar amount. Mechanics Lien Rights?
TexasSo reading your blog post: Scenario: Can You File A Mechanics Lien for Cleaning Services? At the end there are several instances that I believe I may have a stand on filing a Mechanics Lien please let me know if I am correct in my thinking. In the instance of a VRBO, Airbnb, Booking.com or any turn over "make Ready" improving service where it is a contribution to permanent improvement for the next paying guest and the guest is actually paying a cleaning fee to the owner and then the owner does not pay you for that one time cleaning! Does this apply where you can file a lien?
FloridaI'm a consumer who had a licensed contractor install a new roof an solar on my house. Before signing and throughout the project I've told them verbally and in writing that I would require a lien release from the contractor, subcontractors, suppliers, AND everyone who worked on my house. From the California State Licensing Board website I've read that "Laborers" can put a mechanic's lien on my property if not paid, and that I should require a lien release from all Laborers. The problem is that now the prime or direct contractor is trying to say that employees are NOT "Laborers" and that the lien release signed by the direct contractor, subcontractors, and suppliers covers their "employees" who are NOT "laborers" and thus cannot file a mechanics lien. My question, under California's mechanic's lien law are contractor "employees" "Laborers" who can file a mechanics lien?
CaliforniaMy contractor has sent an invoice for work which was very poor workmanship and not complete. I hired another contractor to redo and finish the job. He is stating he will file a lien if I don't pay and I want to know the last day he can file a Mechanics lien.
GeorgiaI owe a supply company money for materials used on a job. We have fallen into a bad situation and I cannot pay all that I owe. Can the supply company file lien against my homeowner?
Indianathe owner owes us $7,000.00 dollars. I understand that you can file a lien for providing equipment and labor. That is exactly what we did.
South CarolinaDo not have contract but have a signed acceptance of proposal from homeowner. Invoiced weekly and were paid weekly. Agreement states we are to receive "10% of total cost of project upon satisfactory completion." Job is on hold due to permitting but during this time, homeowners decided to terminate the agreement we were working under. Invoiced for the 10% of the cost of the work we completed up until they terminated without notice or reason and they say they are not paying because the project is not complete. Do I still have mechanics lien rights since they terminated the agreement without allowing us the opportunity to complete?
Floridal have been leasing a mechanic shop since 1994 with an option to buy from the owner. $350 per month out of the rent went towards the option fee. The agreement also stated that l did all the construction at the property to bring it to code which will be deducted from the purchase price. I had $50, 000 more left to finish paying for the entire property. The owner just died. The heirs do not want to honor my contract, hired and eviction attorney and have evicted me from my property. Can l file a mechanics lien against the property?
CaliforniaOur company provides environmental consulting. We currently have a project/client that we would like to protect ourselves with a lien. However, we are unsure if we would be able to. The location of the project is in Wyoming/Sheridan, Gillette, and Douglas. The type of service on this project is environmental surveys. A little bit of permitting, but as of now it has been vegetation, wetland, and cultural resource surveys. Would we qualify?
WyomingWe have a lien on a hotel. The sub stopped paying us. We are the supplier. The GC has stepped in and stated he will pay us in 3 monthly installments however he wants us to remove the lien. He stated that if he defaults we can file another lien on the hotel. Is this correct?
CaliforniaI did all selections, hard and soft for a developer of 27 townhouses in a period of one year. I was not paid. A lot of excuses.
Arizona