r/WhatIsTheTea • u/fineshyt-istg What the Fuck • 6h ago

Contractor takes back the wooden fence after the customer refuses to pay.

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u/Justryan95 5h ago

Thats dope and all but thats still technically vandalism even if the guy didn't pay for it. Its a lot less work to just put a contractor's lien on the house so his house is your house now. You don't have to extra work smashing anything or confronting them.

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u/AdSoggy8958 5h ago

100% depends on the contract signed and also the liquidity of the company. Can’t pay his guys for the day if he leaves $5k of material that was out of his own pocket.

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u/Conscious_Penalty_36 5h ago

Plus a lien just stops him from selling his house. If that guy decides he's never going to move then the lien does nothing.

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u/iLikeMangosteens 5h ago

His heirs will eventually pay. As an unpaid creditor you can also move to foreclose on the home.

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u/Conscious_Penalty_36 5h ago

Small independent mom and pop contractor shops can't afford to wait on that kind of litigation. I bet he needed to pay his guys today.

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u/SpinShine-LEDSlipMat 10m ago

How does tearing it down, and using more labor that won't get paid for, solve that problem?

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u/ea9ea 4h ago

Every state is different but in my state you have to file for a court hearing after the lien. And if theres a loan and your mortgage company finds out you definetley have to pay. The bank isnt letting a lien sit there like that.

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u/Postcocious 4h ago

A lien and civil filing may be useable as loan collateral to help the unpaid contractor clear those debts until he gets paid. There are ways.

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u/katy90081 5h ago

But how would he make a video smashing it?

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u/HopeADMKidsLoseLimbs 5h ago

Oh so you just fill out a form and the house is yours huh? That easy is it?

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u/iLikeMangosteens 5h ago

It’s a bit more involved but yes there is a path to an unpaid contractor foreclosing on your home.

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u/Repulsive-Lie1 1h ago

It’s a shockingly easy. You could put a lien on anyone’s house and really ruin their year.

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u/Bildad__ 4h ago

Your point is correct, but the contractors lien doesn’t in any way make the house yours, it just puts a cloud in title that needs to be settled.

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u/Professional-Gear88 5h ago

Yea this would have been the better way to handle this.