<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by sewell:
We were building our own house. We were asked by relatives to build their house, too. We agreed. Big Mistake #1. We reached verbal agreement on per sq. ft. price to take the house to a point where they could finish interior on their own. The contract stated the price for partial completion, we understood. We signed. Big Mistake #2. After many funding problems and throwing my husband off the job with no warning, the relatives are now claiming that the contract price was for project completion. They are suing my husband for a huge amount of money he does not have nor will ever hope to have in this lifetime. The house project is practically without flaw so their suit has to be against my husband for "deceptive trade pracices", etc. We are already in debt paying off their materials. We have no funds for a lawyer. What to do now??? Slap a contractor's lein on the property? They are still way short of paying the contract price. Any advice will be appreciated. Sewell.
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My response:
I would talk with the attorney who drew up the contract, and have that attorney explain to me, if there is the loophole your relatives are using, why there is one. You say you didn't have an attorney draw up the original contract? Why not? Who's the lawyer in your family? You better find some money to get an attorney.
IAAL
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