Q: What are my options if a licensed demolition company tries to put Lien on my property?
Hello,
I had my property demolished recently and post demolition the contractor is asking for more money than the agreed amount stating that the city inspections had them fix the approach to garage as it was broken. We had gone back and forth over emails and texts as whose fault its, with contractor stating that it was broken before work started and I have pictures that my neighbor took, which shows they had excavators going up that approach. Since I only paid the agreed amount after city said the work is complete(which i why I choose the contractor to do the work per city ordinances). The owner of the company is threatening now to put a Lien on the property and sell it to recover the addition cost of fixing the approach. What are my options now? Am I going to loose my property?
Thanks in advance,
Have a blessed week.
A: An attorney would need to review your current work order agreement with the contractor. Generally speaking, a licensed contractor has a legal remedy for when they are not paid on a particular project - they can record a construction lien on the underlying property, and, if payment is not received, foreclose on that property. So a real estate attorney would want to review the agreement and the underlying circumstances for the basis of the contractor's claim. See www.ProvenResource.com for more information.
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