Can we file a notice of Termination and have it filed with the county if the homeowner never signs it? Will that give us lien rights as we have not worked on this property for over a year!...Read More
Hi, I am a home owner who hired a licensed plumber to tunnel under my home. I paid $6000 deposit prior to commencement of work, to cover the initial digging. Total job cost would be about $16,000. No Notice of Lien Rights document was provided to me. He started work Sept 23, 2019. After 2 weeks he had tunneled the main line. We ran into additional problems with other lines, so I had to file for additional insurance. Work was suspended. Insurance was dragging, then required an independent plumber to quote it. Our plumber got frustrated and on Dec. 2, via text messages, said he quit the job and to let the other plumber handle it; then proceeded to demand additional $3000 to stay on the job. I ignored his request. I considered him off the job at that point, although he frequently checked back in to see if insurance covered the additional work, to which I replied insurance was pending. In early Feb 2020 insurance gave me the number it would cover for the additional work. Out of courtesy I contacted this initial plumber, shared the 3rd party plumber's quote which was much lower than his, and asked for his updated quote if we wanted another stab at finishing the job. He did not provide in the time I requested, so I officially "fired" him in writing. Today he responded that he would now issue an invoice for supplemental "hard digging" fee and for the cost of his insurance for 5 months (Sept 23 - Feb 17), neither of which were line items on his quote/contract. If we didn't pay it, he would file lien.
Regardless of his abandoning the job over 2 months ago, and regardless of his alleged bases for potentially filing a lien, can he even file a valid lien if he never gave us a Notice of Lien Rights prior to starting the job (or anytime thereafter)? If he can, does either the abandonment issue or the lien content invalidate his lien? Thanks! And please tell Scott that Hobbs says hello, and congrats on his business successes. Thanks for your time and help....Read More
I’m being forced to pay project manager under the table for work received and when I finally confronted him I stopped receiving work and been waiting on final payment Homevestors franchisee ...Read More
A former customer of mine owes me for three different invoices for work that was completed at his place of business .The former customer & his family are immigrant from another country. They do not understand a lot of stuff that we just assume are simple things you should already know. Like what a lien is. This is the kind of stuff I used to help them with. Now that we have had a falling out, they have cut all contact with me. I know where they live, cause I also worked for them as a handyman at there personal home. They do not trust a lot of people because of people taking advantage of them. This is where the falling out happened. Two days after the hurricane hit us in south Louisiana all the ****Explicate Language**** started showing up to feed on the weak. Anyways long story short I tried like hell to keep the "wolfs" at bay but one got to them witch in turn hurt my company. now to the question at hand, could this be seen to the justice system as a threat or some kind of intimidation act on them? I'm not trying to achieve such a thing, I still find them to be good people and want them to know that this is going to hurt their business. I'm also worried that they might have skipped town....Read More
We provide storm restoration services and will be working in Louisiana. Is there any required wording in reference to liens that should be added to our contract?...Read More
There is a place for one signature on the LA Notice of Lease-does my customer have to sign the notice for it to be valid to send to the Project Owner & GC? Or is my company the only signature required. I DO have a signed rental agreement to include with the notice.
Laurie...Read More
Do you file a Notice of Lease (Preliminary Notice) with the Clerk of Court where the immovable property is located? Or can I simply mail the Notice of Lease to the property owner and Contractor?...Read More
We are an equipment leasing company. Our credit application includes our terms and conditions which is signed by the customer went he account is opened. Can we use this application on the preliminary notice rather than a copy of each individual lease for each piece of equipment?...Read More
On an open contract I am trying to enter into Levelset, the only address we have is Copper Head Road, Geismar, LA 70734 . We do not have an exact numerical address. Should I have a mechanic go drop a pin to get the exact coordinates?
Contact myself Ali Knisley or Kasi Critendon ...Read More
I have been doing work in La and would like to know if there is a document like Florida has that is call a notice to owner/notice to contractor, which tells them services were provided....Read More
Is the owner or the contractor responsible to absorb the increased cost of lumber, since the price of lumber have skyrocketed because of the pandemic?
The project started before the increase in the pricing.
The project is in Louisiana...Read More
We were the prime contractor on a job in LA- I would like to know if the rules and deadlines for the preliminary liens still stand since LA has been hit by a hurricane. These notices require a final contract amount, we do not have one. In our contract with the property owner, we agreed to the following: Initial payment of $100,000.00 due within 15 days after the start of the project. Progressbills to follow until job completion. Any advice on how we can move forward?
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We're planning on having jobs (time and materials) in response to Hurricane Laura in Louisiana. Does Louisiana loosen up the requirements for the Notice of Contract since the state is in the state of emergency?...Read More
This particular customer has not paid their balance, which is now aging at 138 days. They are non responsive and I have also included the owner of the company and still no correspondence or cooperation. They will not provide me with the AP department to reach out to them. I missed the prelim deadline (this was passed to me in the beginning of 2020 and I was still getting used to website). What should I do?...Read More
My insurance company has agreed to pay for replacement of my roof after storm damage. The roofer has the following language in his contractual terms and conditions:
Any person or company supplying labor and/or materials for this improvement to customer's property may file a lien against customer's property if that person or company is not paid for the contributions.
Do I need a Lien Waiver?
Thank you,
Toni...Read More