JimL wrote:
On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:37:35 -0500, Thomas Kendrick
wrote:

I would be more concerned that the unreliable painter would appear in
a week or two wanting to be paid for the whole job. It's called a
mechanic's lien that starts when he does any work on the job. Unless
you have a written contract which states that failure to appear
constitutes abandonment of the job, you are at risk.
Unreliable is a value judgment on your part that will not hold up in
court if he sues you for the entire contract price.


And it goes without saying that if you refuse to pay, he can sell
your home and get his money from the proceeds. But the good thing is
that he will have to give you the balance - after deducting all the
expenses of the sale.

A lien doesn't give him the right to foreclose, merely to be paid when/if
the property is sold.

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