I have a customer that is not answering my emails. They have an outstanding extras bill that they have not paid and the work has been performed. They also have a contract for a project that is not completed. We have materials (quartz) that need to be installed but again they won't answer emails. They have been difficult and posted bad reviews about us and said - do not contact us, correspondance should go through our attorney. Then turned around and said they have not retained an attorney and want us to move forward. Now they won't answer emails. The total remaining contract is 15,333.92 and the extra bill they owe is roughly another 4000.00. We want to install the Quartz and have them pay up to that part of the job and the extras invoice. Then we would like to part ways with them. Should I lien the property for the full contract? All subs have been paid in full. All materials purchased except trim and 3 doors. They owe 25% of the project.
You may file a lien for the “value” of your materials and labor. You cannot claim a lien for materials that have not been purchased yet and for labor that has not been performed.
If you don't perform under the contract, they can sue you for that breach unless there is a basis for to not perform and to determine if you can do that would require much more information.