Problem with roofing contractor?
After a hail storm I had several people scoping my neighborhood looking to repair roofs, I went ahead and looked at an estimate from one company, i agreed verbally and he commenced in repairing my roof, i paid half of the job upfront and agreed to pay the remainder upon completion. The insurance check is made out to myself and mortgage company; when i let the contractor know that it must be inspected by mortgage company he became upset and said he had never heard such a thing, he had been in roofing for 15 years and never had this problem. (I find that hard to believe) the lien was signed and sent off with the check to mortgage company and i am waiting on inspector. meanwhile the contractor continues to call and harass me, leave nasty messages about the payment due, said he was going to file a lien against my home, etc.
Is the contractor able to file a lien against my home? He has already signed the lien release? The window screens to be replaced have never been delivered, the skylight had a crack in it; he just put the new one in this week! On his invoice there is a charge for debris removal but he left trash all over my yard and the old skylight leaning against my house..also I received 2 sets of invoices, one from the owner and one from a forman, both are completly different amounts of charges but the grand total is the same and on top of that I never even signed his contract? I am tired of being harassed by him, dont know what else to do but I sure dont think I owe as much as he says I do and there is nothing i can do about the mortgage company holding payment! Any suggestions? I live in Texas
Call A lawyer, The contractor is afraid the inspector might find something wrong.Gee! maybe he not to sure of his work.Good Luck
The job is not complete and payment isn’t due until it is, if he continues to call inform him that is harassment and he’s not allowed to do that and if he persists you’re going to turn it over to the Attorneys General in your state and he can deal with them. You should have kept a record of when and what time he calls along with the summery of his conversation. Your fashion of payment is absolutely normal the insurance company almost always makes the check out to the home owner and the lien holder and depending on the amount you still owe on the home the lender almost always sends an inspector out to confirm the quality and completeness, it’s protecting their own interest as well. I don’t know where this contractor has done business before but what you did is common place except I would not have paid a dime until the lender’s inspector said so. The lien release you have should be for the materials used on your home shingles, window screens, skylight ect. If not pay no more until you have a lien release for all materials used if you don’t have that then the companies that he purchased from can place a lien on your home if he doesn’t pay his bill. Ya got a bum, a storm chaser call your insurance agent and inform them what is going on and their adjuster will handle the roofing contractor and will also straighten out the double invoices. You’re holding all the cards i.e. his final payment; inform him what he needs to do to get his final payment. Finish the job, hand you a material release and the inspection for the mortgage company.
i think you should feel a little ashamed of yourself . you hired them to do the work with out knowing how you would pay them. And now you act as if you were not a party to this whole thing , when you were the one that made deal with them..
next time get your shhit together before you hire someone to work on your house and then try to screw them over on payment.
Also , dont hire people that are selling door to door to replace your roof.and if you do you should pay them After all they have illegal immigrants to pay that worked on your roof ..
When i was born and lived in Texas the road signs said “dont mess with Texas ” .
And now illegals are pooping all over Texas ,
jejejejeje have a nice day.. just admit to yourself that you caused all this chaos and stop with crap like ” well he left the skylight leaning against my house ” how petty is that !! maybe your ins inspector will want to see it.
Next time he calls you and harasses you tell him you are going to call the states contractors license board and file a complaint.
I would tell him, “back off with your harrassment or I will tell everyone in this city/state about you and I will broadcast the name of your company, on Facebook, Twitter, plus everyone I know who will tell everyone they know etc. Assure him he will be paid and give hime a name and phone # of the people who ordered the inspection of work done. He ought to deal with them directly and leave you out of it. He wont even have a Roofing business if he continues to use such immature business practices. Whether you do anything about it or not, any business owner who doesn’t want to stand behind his work, and who insists on using “intimidation tactics” to harrass his customers into paying when he says pay up, wont even be in business for very long at all. Also contact your city, or state Better Business Bureau and file a complaint against his company. The State Attorney General may be interested in hearing about it also. You do need to contact an attorney immediately.
Mr. Roofing guy may get psychotic on you, he sounds like he’s already there. Don’t fight with him, but don’t tolerate him berating you either.
And look into the laws in your state, but I believe a verbal agreement is a legal, binding agreement. You will have to pay for the work done, but not until the inspection is done. Meanwhile, maintain your cool. Don’t fight. There can be no fight unless both parties agree to fight. Stay calm, take pictures to document your claims, and write everything down, including who you spoke with, who called who, dates and time, what he said, what you said, etc. Documentation is vital.