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beth6845
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What is the name of your state? California
I entered into a contract with a contractor on 7-14-03. They were supposed to paint and prime my entire unit. The job was left unfinished on 7-16-03. The work is shoddy, bad and just downright sloppy. However, I paid him more than 30% down payment and agreed to pay him the balance upon completion. Now there is a dispute going on and I have very bad feelings for this person. He refuses to acknowledge that he did damage to my property and refuses to inspect the work that his workers did. It is a nightmare for me. Yesterday I got a Preliminary 20 day lien notice that if I did not pay the balance that I would have a lien put on my property. The question is, since the the work began on 7-14-03 and he signed a pink preliminary lien notice on 8-14-03, does he have any rights in filing a Mechanics Lien on my property since there's more than 20 days since the work first began. I am willing to pay him the balance which is $1675, just to have him not put a lien on my property---I cannot let that happen. So---Would it be to my advantage to pay him the balance. He is also saying that if I don't pay him he is going to charge me an extra $1000.00 for extra work, which he did not do. I know that I can report him, however, time frames with the lien notice and trying not to go crazy over this is preventing me from doing this. I still don't know if he actually filed the preliminary 20 day lien notice in court. I only got a copy in the mail by certified mail. I did not sign for it and I don't know who did. I hope I covered everything. Thanks for any advice.
I entered into a contract with a contractor on 7-14-03. They were supposed to paint and prime my entire unit. The job was left unfinished on 7-16-03. The work is shoddy, bad and just downright sloppy. However, I paid him more than 30% down payment and agreed to pay him the balance upon completion. Now there is a dispute going on and I have very bad feelings for this person. He refuses to acknowledge that he did damage to my property and refuses to inspect the work that his workers did. It is a nightmare for me. Yesterday I got a Preliminary 20 day lien notice that if I did not pay the balance that I would have a lien put on my property. The question is, since the the work began on 7-14-03 and he signed a pink preliminary lien notice on 8-14-03, does he have any rights in filing a Mechanics Lien on my property since there's more than 20 days since the work first began. I am willing to pay him the balance which is $1675, just to have him not put a lien on my property---I cannot let that happen. So---Would it be to my advantage to pay him the balance. He is also saying that if I don't pay him he is going to charge me an extra $1000.00 for extra work, which he did not do. I know that I can report him, however, time frames with the lien notice and trying not to go crazy over this is preventing me from doing this. I still don't know if he actually filed the preliminary 20 day lien notice in court. I only got a copy in the mail by certified mail. I did not sign for it and I don't know who did. I hope I covered everything. Thanks for any advice.