A contractor we hired for paver hardscape installation
They stated pavers, materials and installation would be done that day but left a mountain of sand in the street and after calling them to ask why pavers had not arrived with workers as promised they said it will take at least another week for the pavers. We cancelled the job and they threatened us with mechanics lien unless we paid 450.00 for the sand. They refused to justify that much for sand and threatened legal action and it was non negotiable. We filed a complaint with ROC but they dismissed the claim saying it was a financial dispute. We don't want to pay because it is such an overcharge; and are willing to pay half that since we had to dispose of the sand ourselves; HOA requiring material on street to be removed after 72 hours. Not sure what to do at this point...Read More
We recently filed a mechanics lien against a client. Unfortunately he sold his land in August. Today a legal company has called to talk to an officer of our company. The owner asked that I reach out to see if we should call back . We dont know if the company is working for the client or what their intentions are....Read More
Since English is designated at the official language of the state of Arizona, do emergency procedures/instructions need to all be communicated in English only?...Read More
The plumber I hired had a mitigation specialist come to my house to assess water damage and I signed documents for them to run a claim through my home insurance. Within 48 hours they wanted to demo my kitchen and bathroom before my claim was approved. I emailed company and called stating I wanted their equipment removed from my house and no longer wanted them to work on my home. I received a 20 day preliminary notice. I am in AZ. What does this mean? Should I be concerned that they have a lien on my house? I asked for a detailed invoice, but have not received it. The preliminary notice states $3000 for equipment and materials. What do I do?...Read More
I am a subcontractor roofer working for a licensed contractor and he has continuously not paid but has told me he will pay me I have done multiple jobs for him and still no payment. I have text messages from him and verbal agreements for each job. He now owes me $15628.91. What can I do
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I will be administering the payment of funds to subcontractors on a job and want to know what/if waiver forms are required in exchange for payment and how do I protect myself for liens...Read More
Escrow is asking us to sign an indemnity for us personally and for the company with our company and each individual owner of the company. Do I have to sign that?...Read More
I am reviewing a schedule of value for a project that does not have a % of the project total assigned to project closeout. I have heard the industry standard is 10% of the overall project is given to project closeout....Read More
Person moved from house owned by his brother, (emergency move health issues)
I was asked to clear and remove everything from house and property, I received $1000.00 deposit and bill the balance upon completion, there selling the house and won't answer my calls, and I haven't been paid balance of $2000.00
How do I get my money?...Read More
We signed a contract for an attached pergola patio cover on April 15 2020. The contract states a start date of approx Apr 25 and a fished by approx may 15. It is now May 29 and nothing has been started. Do I have any options to cancel or hold the company liable for failure to even communicate the problems they are having with the project?...Read More
We have a project that the owner wants to pay us directly. The owner wants to set the pay terms as follows: we submit our pay app to the GC ( who has up to 30 days to review and process and submit to the owner) the Owner would then submit payment to us (the subcontractor) within 24hrs of receiving the pay app form the GC. I am just wanting to know if these terms work for us or against us when factoring in the Prompt Pay Act. Thank you...Read More
We purchase equipment from company a manufacturer (we'll say company A). We (Supplier) then sell to our customer, typically a mechanical company who is a subcontractor on a job. We file preliminary notices on our jobs to include our customer, the GC and property owners. My question is, is it necessary for company A to file a prelim on the supplier?...Read More
I am a GC and have been storing personal belongings for a customer for 2 years. They have not paid past due invoices. Can I discard those items and file a mechanics lien on the property since I am still doing work related to that customer, the work being discarding those items?...Read More