I lived with a woman who was the caregiver for an older man and remodeled the joke we shared for over two years at my own expense. After adding 400 Sq. Ft of new living space that added 40,000$ to the value of the property the woman got a quit claim deed and refinanced. When she did this she had the man evict me with a three day notice. When they evicted me I wasn't home and within two hours all of my belongings were stolen leaving me without not only My life's possessions but over 30,000$ in construction tools were gone. They won't pay for the 12,000$ in receipts I have and I haven't been able to take them to court for wrongful eviction because I'm staying with friends and totally broke. Can I file a mechanics lien and would it even do me any good?...Read More
I have several invoices outstanding for project management I performed for a general contractor across multiples sites, so I'm working on filing a lien for the value of the time I spent working on each project against each corresponding property. Can I file two lines on one property? One would be for project management work, the other would be for construction (handyman) labor I performed on the site under a separate invoice. When I send my NOI, can I send all of them in one envelope to the GC? Do I have to send the owners NOI to their residential address, or can I send it to their project address if it has a mailbox?...Read More
I work for myself. I was hired by my buddies boss to rebuild a motor in a 300 Chrysler. This motor was already taken apart and left on the ground. I'm the 2nd person to pick up after the 1st guy left. We were both unsure if it would start after o rebuilt it from this state. After 2 months of rebuilding this motor, it would not start. He called me last week and said he was taking it to a dealership. He owes for my labor over these 2 months. Do I lean his home or the vehicle. His intentions were/are to sell it after it starts. If it ever does. ...Read More
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. ...Read More
As the general contractor in a residential remodel, is a Notice to Owner required? Owner simply quit paying. We have stopped work on the project and have all invoices that are currently due so we have final numbers. We want to correctly start the process to file a lien....Read More
the sub was advanced the funds and the lender has not been paid, a lien needs to be filed however it seems the deadline for document to be sent has past, can the documents still be sent and lien be filed??...Read More
I am wondering if a prelim notice can be filed on service contracts where we are not ordering equipment or supplying equipment, but over-seeing/performing project management for the project....Read More
We are GCs in Colorado and want to send voluntary preliminary notices along with our estimates. Is it okay to send these before the job starts?...Read More
contractor paid for work completed, demanding money for work not completed or even started per contract, placing mechanic's lien for threat, owner given "intent to file lien" , in person, no affidavit signed, no receipt of lien papers being given to owner. Contractor threatens verbally "I've got you served on my phone camera". IS THIS A VALID SERVICE OF INTENT IN COLORADO?...Read More
I'm a material supplier hired by a subcontractor on a commercial job in Colorado. I sent a notice of intent to lien. The customer paid some of the outstanding balance but still owes some.
If I proceed with filing a lien, do I need to send a new Notice of Intent for a decreased amount first (the previous one has a higher outstanding amount than the current balance)....Read More