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I am a general contractor. I hired a contractor to build a screen room for one of my clients. He filed a notice of commencment and pulled his own permit. the home owner payed me and i in-turn payed the sub con. I gave them a receipt and the sub con. gave me a receipt upon payment. The home owner also has a contractors final payment affidavit from the sub con.
The sub con. has went out of business and failed to pay his supplier. the supplier is filed a notice to owner to the home owner and to the sub con. Is the home owner at any risk of having a lien put against or is the sub con. going to be responsible.
Thanks,
Mitch
Do you or the owner have a notraized sworn statement from the sub. listing his suppliers and that he paid them? If you do he has committed a crime. If you don't, you only paid him and the supplier can file a lien on the property. The home owner may have to pay again and go after the sub and you.
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Dominic J. Maltese, Jr.
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Construction industry related questions. Issues on construction, careers in construction, marketing construction, starting a construction company, cost estimating. These are a few examples.
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Twenty seven years as a general contractor (15 as a construction manager and design-builder).
Organizations
Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) - Detroit Chapter (President in 1999), American Society of Professional Estimators - Detroit Chapter (President in 1994-95), Construction Association of Michigan, National Home Builders Association.
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Estimator - the magazine for American Society of Profession Estimators, also, the Detroit Chapter of AGC magazine.
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Associate of Science in Construction Technology, Instructor for STP classes (Superintendents Training) for AGC, lecturer at University of Detroit School of Architecture on Cost Estimating.
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1998 Franklin award for one of Michigan's best run family businesses, Yearly Safety awards from AGC, Remodeling Magazine 2001 Big 50 Remodelers of the year.
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