Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California

Payment for Home Improvement

I hired a contractor in February of 2005 to do some home improvements on my condo. While the work was going on I asked the contractor for a partial invoice. He never got it to me. After the work was complete, I asked repeatedly to be invoiced and at the very minimum an estimate of what the work amounted to. He kept putting it off and never ended up invoicing me. Now, a year and a half later, I get a call from him, telling me he needs to invoice me.

I know the work was done and I know I owe him the money, but I tried to get him to invoice me at the time, when I did have the money, but he did not. Do I still owe him the money, seeing as it's been a year and a half?


Asked on 8/18/06, 12:56 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Carl Starrett Law Offices of Carl H. Starrett II

Re: Payment for Home Improvement

Of course you still owe the money. The contractor's negligence in delaying the billing does not excuse you from paying for the services that you happily accepted.

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Answered on 8/18/06, 1:03 am


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