So I hired a builder to build my home. I paid him his rate to oversee the job. As invoices came in from his different accounts such as lumber and different materials he had me pay his invoices. 5+ months ago we had a well installed. Our builder is now calling us to tell us that that invoice has not been paid. And actually as of today we have still not received an invoice. What are our options?...Read More
My client wont pay me after more than 96% of his project completed. From first East he was trying to stay under $60k and he added $10100 which he admitted on his text message. Is there anyway you can help me with this matter. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon ...Read More
Hello, can you help me with the following topics?
Credit sale policy definition and elements .
The importance of credit policy.
How do we create a credit policy.
How do we evaluate the efficiency of credit policy....Read More
A potential client advised she wanted to o an addition to her existing home (in California) but ended up scraping the project once the permits and compliance issues became 'too much'. I am curious what the remedy is in this case if the contractor had already done a significant amount of pre-construction work. Would the contractor be able to bill for the services provided even though the customer stopped the project? ...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
I was on a job and a coworkee told me a year or so later he was getting wage scale for this job and i was on the same job working for the same contractor and did not receive wage scale?...Read More
I am a home owner with extra land and want to build ADU’s. I need to get a construction loan. I need to know about starting a single person LLC better before or after trying to get approved for the loan. ...Read More
We are a subcontractor and the GC we are working for is asking us to sign and notarize progress payment line waivers for amounts they have not paid us for, is this legal? They are 60 days behind on our payment yet they are refusing to give us payment until we sign the waivers for amounts we have not received yet. We were advised this is fraudulent and we are supposed to sign and notarize at the time we receive our payment....Read More
Hello I need, help with a mechanical lien. I did an HVAC job, did not received final payment customer did not give me chance to finish couple this requested by inspector.
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We have done countertops for a multiunit project and the company that hired us won't make the payments on the invoice they've owe. How can we put a lien, and this resolved?...Read More
We are a company that hired a contractor to manage a renovation on a building that we purchased. We have received notices of liens against the contractor for our location. The contractor shrugged it off claiming that the lien notice was part of the invoice process for payment. We received another one since the discussion, and this time it looked different. It was actually filed and canceled once payment was made. We have not been able to contact the contractor since. My question: Is this a normal process, to file liens for payment? Or is this the step taken when the contract manager has not been paying his invoices? We have discovered that another big invoice was not paid dating back several months. We just had to pay it....Read More
I hired a GC to renovate my house. I believe he’s misappropriated close to $80,000 (overpaid himself, outrageous change order fees despite the fee amount not being disclosed in the contract). As a commercial contractor myself, I have reviewed the invoices that he reluctantly gave me, and noticed far too many discrepancies.
The construction contract includes an arbitration clause, however, should I still hire an attorney? ...Read More