I am a flooring company that installed, sanded and coated a 3,000 sq ft house. New construction, first contract was for install, second was for sanding and finishing the wood. I was paid full for first and only half for second contract. Work is completed, and homeowners want more finished coats. They were told once they pay the rest of contract I will then buy more poly and do how ever many coats they want. Not putting any more of my own money into a job that I haven't been paid for. (When theres been many issues with money along the way. ) My question is, If I put a lien on the house/owners does that stop them from being able to move in until I am paid fully for completed contract? If not then what are my options this house isn't going to be sold probably past my days. Its just about finished built for Owners I am doing work for.
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Lein was put on customers house. Agreement of amount to pay was made. I paid in full with a check. Besides contractor not returning a w9 form for taxes ... I have no clue how to remove the lein.
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Hi, if the 90 days for a mechanic's lien has expired, what do I need to file at the registry of deeds to put the world on notice that the lien has been dissolved? Thanks!...Read More
We are a GC that did TI work for a restaurant at an airport. We purchased a P&P Bond. We are having trouble getting paid for the work due to COVID and CF issues. What can we do to protect ourselves?...Read More
I'm a GC on a project in Massachusetts. I signed a contract with someone for the excavation for $16,500. It had a date of completion in the contract of November 4th. He missed this timeline by about 2 weeks before I finally removed him from the project. He is now claiming he removed more dirt from the site than the contracted amount and has filed a lien for $40,000 in total. I'm not sure what to take as next steps....Read More
I'm the sub on a job in MA. The lien deadline calculator is telling me I have to file a Notice of Subcontract and then a Notice of Substantial Completion. Do I file these or does someone else? Do I file this before the lien? When I go to actually order the lien, it says I can file these both at the same time....Read More
We have already completed an installation and the client owes us a total of $120k which are both overdue. These were two separate invoices, one from November 2022 and one from March 2023. Ther is an additional small piece of work that needs to be completed for the client to have monitoring capabilities, approximately $1k. We have already missed the 90 day window on invoice 1 and 2. Can we file a mechanics lien using the date of the small additional work upon completion to preserve our repayment rights on the total balance that is due to us?...Read More
I just notice there's a mistake on the document , the Owner of the property is Kenneth W Parlee 43 Rumford Park Ave Woburn, MA 01801 Please can you fix that before sending . I tried to chat but I was unable . thank you Receipt #1016-3784...Read More
I had work done on my home last summer; fully paid the contractor with a series of bank checks.
Last week I received a subcontractor’s lien For $11k on my home because the contractor never paid the supplier.
Do I have any options? I called the contractor and he told me that the supplier was “playing dirty pool”.
He also told me that I don’t owe anything.
Will I have to sue the contractor?
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Hi I put mechanic lien , they sell the property still pending I sign escrow agreement with her lawyer , probably they waiting until lien get dissolve in 4 weeks
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i am a subcontractor for and my company name is Allpoints Plumbing LLC. I completed a job in Lenox, MA and we did not receive all payments due to the company. So, we filed a mechanics lien through Levelset and now I am told we need to file suit and that we have to use a lawyer for this. Can you help us?...Read More
I am just trying to make sure I get all the correct lien waivers. The Massachusetts FAQ on this site did not specify for CMs and designers....Read More
I have sent out notice of intent to lien for a few properties. We have not got paid from any of the customers. One job we were hired by the customer directly, the other jobs we were hired through the company to work on properties they were hired for. What is our next step this has been since November 1, 2022 of me going back and forth trying to get this resolved....Read More
Hello,
A quick question. Can a subcontractor file a mechanics' lien (or enforce a mechanics' lien) against a property if the business isn't properly registered with the Secretary of State to do business in that jurisdiction? In this case, Massachusetts is our jurisdiction.
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