I started building a patio cover for a customer and building it the way they asked, the city shut it down and had to wait two months for approval to continue the work. Now that it’s approved to continue the city did an inspection on the framing but failed it and the customer will not allow my the chance ...Read More...Read More
I am an electrical subcontractor and I "file" or I thought we file a mechanic lien but apparently they only send a threat letter, as they did not sign the document sent neither recorded the lien. My client, who has not paying us, hired Andrews Myers and they send us a Demand to Cease Threats of...Read More...Read More
I am a subcontractor in Texas who has recently gone through arbitration. The Arbitrator found that we would have been entitled to escalation, however we signed those rights away by not doing a carve-out for a potential, unknown dispute as we did in our final unconditional waiver (when the dispute ...Read More...Read More
I am a small residential contractor and filed a lien against a Homestead Exempt property in Texas, a week later, I released the lien and notarized my signature. A week later, I re-filed the same lien with a lower amount. Is it ok to re-file if it was released? Can the homeowner take any actions ag...Read More...Read More
I'm a property restoration contractor that performed water mitigation at a property in the Woodlands, TX and am now not being reimbursed for my services. They signed the work authorization agreement and paid a deposit but now owe me @ $16,000.00....Read More
I missed a claim deadline and my payment is not protected. I am wanting to know the step I need to take in order to file a claim against the payment bond....Read More
I'm the genereal contractor on a residential remodel. I started the job on 01/12/22 and finished on 05/31/23. Levelset is giving me an error message when creating my NTO it says I missed a deadline??...Read More
We have closeout documents being requested (G706/G706A) forms. We have not been paid retainage or our last billing cycle for the previous month. Do we need to identify this on the forms as "exceptions" or do we go ahead and sign the documents/notarize?...Read More
We are the GC on a commercial construction project and a subcontractor sent us a notice of claim for unpaid labor or materials for amounts outstanding even though the amount listed is the retainage held on their contract. They have not finished the project, and retainage has not yet been billed. ...Read More...Read More
Can I file a mechanics lien on a commercial job with my current service authorization. The authorization states that payments are due within 15 days of the invoice, but it doesn't have any specific verbage about the right to file a lien. The Service Authorization is typically signed by a property manager. ...Read More
GC in Texas - we had a project that was active and put on pause for a while because of covid. Work picked back up again in March when we finished and sent our final invoice. Since March we have been back doing punch list items. Is the mechanics lien deadline based off of the invoice we sent in Marc...Read More...Read More