Permit Issue

[OPRockwell]

What is the name of your state? OREGON

Contractor refuses to relinquish electrical permit or call for an inspection after homeowner disputes bill and hires someone else to do the rest of the work.

Law requires Contractors to call for inspection within three days after completion of the work.

Basically the Contractor is using the permit to hold the homeowner to the bill instead of filing a lien.

What would you do?

What about tortious interferrence with economic advantage? homeowner planned to plant Christmas trees but lack of electricity means no power for well water.

Thanks

 

[HomeGuru]

What is the name of your state? OREGON

Contractor refuses to relinquish electrical permit or call for an inspection after homeowner disputes bill and hires someone else to do the rest of the work.

Law requires Contractors to call for inspection within three days after completion of the work.

Basically the Contractor is using the permit to hold the homeowner to the bill instead of filing a lien.

What would you do?

What about tortious interferrence with economic advantage? homeowner planned to plant Christmas trees but lack of electricity means no power for well water.

Thanks

**A: contact the Contractor's Licensing Board and ask them.

 

[OPRockwell]

Right, the law says you have to call for an inspection three days after completing the work. The contractor never completed the work, the homeowner disputes the bill, so the contractor refuses to relinquish the permit, the homeowner can't get another permit so they have no electricity.

Clearly, contacting the Contractor's Board will likely cause the Contractor to settle.

I'm specifically wondering if anyone has ever heard of contractors doing this before and if so, whether anyone has actually sued a contractor for this before, either through a contractor's board claim against their surety bond or a civil lawsuit and recieved some sort of damages, attorneys fees, etc... Basically something beyond getting the contractor to lower the bill.

It's an 8k bill, my friend wants it lowered to 3k or so he says that's all the work the contractor actually did and he even got another contractor to come and look at it and confirm, but - the contractor by holding onto the permit has really screwed him - cause he hasn't had power to the place for 6 months.

comments?

 

[HomeGuru]

Right, the law says you have to call for an inspection three days after completing the work. The contractor never completed the work, the homeowner disputes the bill, so the contractor refuses to relinquish the permit, the homeowner can't get another permit so they have no electricity.

Clearly, contacting the Contractor's Board will likely cause the Contractor to settle.

I'm specifically wondering if anyone has ever heard of contractors doing this before and if so, whether anyone has actually sued a contractor for this before, either through a contractor's board claim against their surety bond or a civil lawsuit and recieved some sort of damages, attorneys fees, etc... Basically something beyond getting the contractor to lower the bill.

It's an 8k bill, my friend wants it lowered to 3k or so he says that's all the work the contractor actually did and he even got another contractor to come and look at it and confirm, but - the contractor by holding onto the permit has really screwed him - cause he hasn't had power to the place for 6 months.

comments?

**A: why oh why is your friend playing, for a lack of a better analogy a "Mexican standoff" when he should have hired an attorney and sued the contractors butt. Your friend is just playing games.

 

[Peety]

did your "friend" happen to tell you ......

(1) Is "friend" acting as the "general contractor" hiring "sub-contractors" ??

(2)how much was the original contract for ??

(3) is there a payment schedule ?? such as .......
......... (10% down)
......... (40% upon successful "rough" inspection)
......... (50% upon successful "final" inspection)

(4) how much money was paid ??

(5) how much money is due at this time - according to the original contract ??

(6) is the work performed so far ready for a "rough" inspection ??

(7) is the work performed so far ready for a "final" inspection ??

(8) does "friend" have money to pay what is due ??

(9) does "friend" have money to pay total contract ??

 

[HomeGuru]

Yes, clarity.