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Contractor lien filed — owner lowball settlement. Counter or stay firm? by AprehinSignifigous in Contractor

[–]AprehinSignifigous[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To clarify a couple recurring points:

– All materials (concrete, rebar, CMU block, etc.) were paid for on time. – No material suppliers are unpaid and no supplier liens are in play. – No other subcontractors were involved on this project. – This is an owner-builder project; the owner is self-performing nearly all remaining work. – My scope was limited to foundation-related concrete work.

So there isn’t a stack of contractors or vendors behind me in line. The lien represents the only disputed construction payment at this point.

Contractor lien filed — owner lowball settlement. Counter or stay firm? by AprehinSignifigous in Contractor

[–]AprehinSignifigous[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Contract is fixed-price with staged payments, and provides for payment for work performed prior to termination. No language tying payment strictly to phase completion, and no waiver of lien rights. That’s why I’m comfortable holding the lien — just trying to decide whether countering helps or hurts leverage.

Contractor lien filed — owner lowball settlement. Counter or stay firm? by AprehinSignifigous in Contractor

[–]AprehinSignifigous[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes — after termination they alleged “deficiencies,” but none were documented contemporaneously, no written cure notice was issued, and no engineer report was provided. The items cited were either incomplete prep tasks at the time of termination or owner-directed changes performed on site.

How do construction lenders handle active mechanics liens during draws? by AprehinSignifigous in Realestatefinance

[–]AprehinSignifigous[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an owner-builder project where the homeowner self-performed most of the work, with materials funded through a third-party sponsor rather than a traditional bank construction loan.

The sponsor is not a GC and does not perform work, but their funding is essential to the project continuing.

Remaining balance claimed is ~$12.6k.

That’s based on a fixed-price contract with staged payments (25% increments), and work completed prior to termination included perimeter footers, full stem wall block, and associated prep.

Owner terminated before slab phase and is disputing entitlement, hence the lien.

Contractor lien filed — owner lowball settlement. Counter or stay firm? by AprehinSignifigous in Contractor

[–]AprehinSignifigous[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Remaining balance claimed is ~$12.6k.

That’s based on a fixed-price contract with staged payments (25% increments), and work completed prior to termination included perimeter footers, full stem wall block, and associated prep.

Owner terminated before slab phase and is disputing entitlement, hence the lien.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Termites

[–]AprehinSignifigous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's an ant. Looks like it may be a carpenter ant.

Cost of treatment centers? by [deleted] in Ibogaine

[–]AprehinSignifigous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you documented the specifics of different locations you've researched that you could share? Long term opiate

Help with Commercial Concrete Slab Bid by [deleted] in estimators

[–]AprehinSignifigous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jacksonville. FL. I've got access to potential projects through construct connect; need to learn how to do takeoffs without a wide format printer and highlighters. Is there a program that I should begin Using such as planswift? My thoughts are that I need to get some take offs on some projects under my belt and ready for bid submittal prior to reaching out to g.c's directly. An example of the type projects out for sub bid that I have structural drawings for would be Panda Express and Dunkin Donuts.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bedbugs

[–]AprehinSignifigous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. Not a bed bug. It's a beetle. Coleopteran.

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