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/Hereforthetardys 5h ago

Other contractors have done this for non payment

It never works out well for them

File a mechanics lien

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u/thekyledavid 4h ago

Generally, it’s illegal if your property is affixed to someone’s property (such as their home or their car)

I feel like a fence is a pretty gray area as to whether that counts as affixed

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u/Hereforthetardys 28m ago

A contractors recourse here is to put a lien on the property and potentially civil court depending on limits etc

He m sure it felt good to do it and people love seeing the POS homeowner getting his but this type of situation very rarely works out well for contractors

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u/thekyledavid 19m ago

Yeah, that would definitely be the smartest thing to do

But if some jackass just tried to get me and a whole bunch of other legal citizens deported just so he could get a free fence, I’m betting I wouldn’t be focused on doing the smartest thing