Hi Everyone,
I was wondering how any else who has dealt with problem contractors. These guys were constantly late, always argumentative. They are finally finished and out of my life! YAY!
The reason for my question is, they won’t sign a release of lien paperwork for me. So what I did was to put a small statement on the back of their last check about not sueing when they cashed the check, and the fact that it’s an out of state check too.
Is there any other way of doing this? Ideas, comments?
My policy is pretty simple. My lender (which may be a bank, or may be me, but who needs to know that…) does NOT release the final payment without a lien release. Period. End of story. If they want to get paid without signing a lien waiver, they have to wait until the mechanics lien period expires. Few contractors would wait that long.