Damn! They charge $95 an hour for a drywall taper, plus 20%!!! That's about double Santa Barbara prices
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Lawsuit Deadline
To enforce the lien, the contractor must file a lawsuit within 90 days from the date of recording the lien. If this deadline is passed, the contractor may not be able to enforce the lien and may be required to remove the lien. If the contractor fails to remove the lien, he or she may be required to pay for attorney fees for the property owner. However, there are some situations in which the deadline may be extended. For example, the contractor and the owner may agree to extend time. The deadline is then 90 days after the expiration of the extended time but no more than one year after the work was completed.
First, there is no lender to file a notice to.waxhead said:As to the GC and his lien rights, he does have to file suit in superior court to enforce the lien, which means attorney fees.....easy to put as lien, not so easy to enforce it.
No doubt there.JBerry said:Not to discount your experience Doof, but Contractors in general, especially GC's, have so much paperwork to deal with it's crazy!! Especially in CA.
I like to think I want to pay a living wage to people who do good work, so while I may whine about the cost, I pay what I contractually agreed to. Heck, I think I have a perverse sense of pride of paying bills ASAP, we even took payment to the physical office of the firm.JBerry said:To truly be legit contractor, be successful and prosperous, there's a lot to deal with. Gen liability insurance, workmans comp insurance if you have employees, payroll taxes if so, which are a nightmare if you aren't careful, timecards, estimating, invoicing, progress invoicing on larger jobs, labor rates including %'s to CYA with employee expenses, materials purchasing and finding the best pricing, if your lucky a profit on top of that, on and on and on, but thats all aside from just going to work and actually doing the work. The larger company a GC has, the more subs, which is another bunch of paperwork, and employees that include more of the above. If a GC isn't careful he can lose his ass big time! in many ways, as probably what was happening on your project Doof. And aside from this tool of a GC ripping you off with shortcuts and overcharges, he's definitely losing way more than what the lien is going to help him get. He's pretty much a dumbass and good for you for staying on top of it!!
We joke now that if there is a massive earthquake and we are in the basement, head to the space under the stairs! The work there is done well, no doubt about it. Hopefully we get 20 yrs out of the Benjamin Moore paint ('brown horse' is the color). The front room looks better with the redone ceiling and blue paint (can't remember that paint color name), and with the new casement window header, kings, and sill, the 10 yr old double pane window we put in shouldn't fall out any time soon.JBerry said:And even though I think $95/hr for a taper is crazy expensive, when I put into perspective all of the things I noted above that a GC has to deal with, and SF itself is beyond expensive, I kinda get the rates. Hopefully all of the work you've done to your home will at least give it some more value!
1 I am a terrible judge of character, apparently.Driftcoast said:Your good with lists, what went wrong?
Update1. Plan agreed to yesterday was to meet at notary, hand over last contractual payment, get lien waivers for last three payments.
2. 9 AM and the GC is not there, but his wife and office manager is.
3. Hand her check, she signs lien waivers as company agent, make copies, we part ways. Strangely enough, doesn't look at lien waivers very closely and she just signed that the $5028 is waived (this is what they are trying to collect with the mechanics lien)
4. Surety bond in place. Will see if they try to collect it. Got 83 days to try to claim it.
5. Got plans and permits back and gave them their battery and charger.