So where are the laws about contractors doing shit on time? My contractor went MIA...he better have a good excuse. Luckily I still owe him some money so I am sure he will turn up.
So where are the laws about contractors doing shit on time? My contractor went MIA...he better have a good excuse. Luckily I still owe him some money so I am sure he will turn up.
Been waiting three months for an asphalter to finish a job. Insane queues to get anything done nowadays.
Cocoa $11,000 per ton.
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Easy thing is to remember with trades, a good rule of thumb is to keep in mind it is WHEN, not IF a bender occurs.
Oh yea, and never pay them before weekends/long weekends.
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If this applies to consumers getting home work done ... feels like this is just going to lead to more scams by shit contractors. Do small bit of the work, push hard to get their invoice paid now at 28 days and then disappear. Hopefully there's some reasonable rules to it in terms of not applying to partial work.
I don't think this really applies to plebs, those aren't construction contracts you're signing.
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That's known as the nuclear option, I don't know anyone that has that and then been called back for more work afterwards. The other problem with the lien is that there is a window of time to apply it which is often shorter than the time some companies payment terms are. You wait it out past the 45 days hoping they are going to be honourable and nothing comes and you're SOL. I am glad to see this, tired of being used as bank by companies much larger than my own.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Too loud for Aspen
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My experience has been with larger~ish companies and they slap liens on as a precursor to lawsuits (so as you said, "nuclear option") but their claims were crazy.
I recall a concrete contractor small biz that used to lien shitty builders that didn't pay him and it did precisely fuck all.
Did they throw in anything to address the 10% holdback discount?
Deficiencies holdback - but half the companies out there just took it as a discount and you'd be fighting for it's release for years, even if your punchlist was cleared.
Extended hold back from 45 days to 60 days......this is a big piss off for small/medium business who can have a large chunk of money tied up due to the hold back.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I haven't read into this much yet, but I viewed it as a good thing initially. As a once contractor myself, I know plenty of guys and companies getting screwed because corporations take 6 months to pay some times. When you are a small business and relying on being paid every 2 weeks when you invoice, this can hurt pretty bad when you go do a job at some site that all of a sudden puts a 6 month wait on your income when you're not prepared for it. And worse yet, some corporations just flat out don't pay, because they know the little guy is going to struggle to come after them for it.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If anything this bill seems like one of the few things the government actually should do. Protect the average persons rights and livelihood from large corporations.