contractor want to put a mechanical lien on my property, what sh

We did a roof 2 weeks ago with a contractor. They asked to pay in full at the day they finish the job. I found that they did not replace all the flash as our agreement(they replaced about 40%), and they used different colored singles on the ridge part of the roof. The other roof contractor told me that they used different brand much cheaper material for the ridge part, and it's not a lifetime warrenty material. The contract write clearly the lifetime material and the color that I choosed. for those reason I hold about 1/3 of the contract price money. There are some other small issues too.

剛開始我發現 FLASH 問題, 他不承認, 幾天以後答應給我修, 可我又發現 RIDGE 問題, 他又不承認, 還說他給別人做的都這樣, 要修也隻能用最CLOSE 的COLOR 來修.

I do not trust them anymore, so I ask the quote from another contractor to fix those problems. I want to deduct the money from the contract price and use it to fix the roof with another contractor.

After I told them the deduction amount that the other contractor quoted 2 days ago, we did not hear anything back. Today we received a notice that they will put a mechanical lien on my property. Is it legal for them to do so in this situation? what should I do if they do so?

By the way, I applied the building permit from city. The city final inspection (after work done) is not done yet.

Thanks a lot for any help!

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• 試試這個 -ivpingshu- ♀ (90 bytes) () 12/18/2012 postreply 22:15:06

• collect enough evidences -planotx- ♂ (333 bytes) () 12/18/2012 postreply 22:48:27