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I'm a HVAC technician / handyman and was hired by a realtor and the investor who were apperantly done wrong by their previous contractor and the house was put on a lien by previous contractor. They hired me on February 21st and wanted me to start February 23rd, 2015 to finish the pending job... View More 
answered on Mar 6, 2015
You need to hire an attorney and also need to learn how to perfect a construction lien on property that you do work on. You cannot do this yourself.
answered on Jan 25, 2015
Attorneys deal in facts and the law. Without the facts we cannot apply the law. That is like asking grandma to make her famous fried chicken without the chicken.
The pool company was hire to upgrade my pool which had only out dated tile. While doing the work they damaged areas of my pool, re-did a water fall which now does not flow correctly and also tile work was not done to standards - I refused to pay the last portion until they fixed the issue - not... View More
answered on Jan 12, 2015
I think you had better negotiate with them or they will be filing a lien and a foreclosure of the lien. Get a construction lien attorney.
answered on Dec 22, 2014
You asked this question nearly a year ago. I hope you have gotten to an attorney about this by now.
Just wondering if this is legal, and if yes what kind of permits and things like that do i need to work on
answered on Dec 22, 2014
What is this question? Payroll is payroll, not supplies. And supplies are not payroll.
answered on Dec 22, 2014
What you need to do is have a local real estate attorney read through all of the covenants. How can I possibly say that they are enforceable without reading everything necessary? They probably are enforceable if they were enacted correctly. But I have run into covenants that were not.
Pool Company has advised us that they do not have any money and they can not finish our pool in the foreseeable future. We will have to finish the pool on our own or hire another contractor to finish the job. Will we lose our right to file suit and/or get a settlement?
answered on Dec 22, 2014
It depends upon the facts of your case, and you have not given enough for a meaningful answer.
broker currently licensed with a developer and now is going to work as a sales agent for a different developer. Can he remain a broker with the current developer?
answered on Dec 22, 2014
Check with the Florida Real Estate Commission. They might have some information about this. Generally the broker has his own license. You might be asking the wrong question.
answered on Dec 22, 2014
It depends upon the facts, and you have not given enough. They can try to claim market conditions prevented them from completing.
We now know this contractor has a history of putting liens against homeowners. I paid for all materials up front and have a notice from the supplier that it was paid in full. The main contractor was out with a crew to do the tearoff and dry-in. And another person came out to do the shingling. I... View More
answered on Dec 22, 2014
What does the contract say? If it is too confusing see an attorney about it.
The developer says that they won't put the deposit into an escrow account. Is this legal in Florida?
answered on Nov 26, 2014
Read the contract. They need money to build homes. Take the contract to a real estate attorney or a construction law attorney.
I have my house built on 2005. we moved in 2006. its wood frame and with acrocrete siding. however there are multiple area on the exetrior wall where tha stucco is cracking and peeling off real bad ( actually almost on all walls); my insurance company wouldnt cover it. they sent a civil engineer (... View More
answered on Jul 23, 2013
In order to sue the contractor for this you will have to retain an attorney and the attorney will probably charge many thousands of dollars up front. So, it depends upon what you can afford to do. If it were me, I would have the walls patched.
answered on Jul 5, 2013
More facts are needed, but usually the builder should not care where the money comes from as long as they know they will be paid.
answered on Jun 4, 2013
You might want to search the county ordinances to answer this question. The company has to at the very least have an occupational license in the county or city.
answered on Jun 4, 2013
Yes, and he might be prosecuted criminally for contracting without a license. He has to at least have a occupational license in your county.
He was required to buff the floor after. He put a lien on owners property because he wants me the general contractor to pay for his mistake after I already paid him for his work. How do I get the lien removed from the owners property and reverse this?
It has been almost 3 years since he says he provided materials for work on my house.I had no knowledge that he had supplied materials for my roof for my porch.
answered on May 13, 2013
He is way beyond the time that he was supposed to file this. You need to get an attorney on this asap. There are ways to defeat this one, rather easily.
answered on May 13, 2013
No, you must pay what you have been ordered to pay. This is not a construction law question.
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