Legal Question in Construction Law in California
I live in california. Have disputes with a contractor I hired to repair my house foundation. However, they cracked my foundation. I only Is there a minimum percentage of home value improvement requirement for the contractor to put a lien on my house?
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A mechanics lien can be for any amount that is owed or claimed to be owed. Unless you intend to sell or refinance before you can deal with the dispute with the contractor, however, a lien is really pretty meaningless. In over 25 years of construction law, I have never once seen a mechanics lien that was not either declared invalid and removed by the courts, or settled and released. Your real problem is not the lien but the fact that you have a cracked foundation that the contractor seems to think they deserve to be paid for.
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