Sunday, December 14, 2008

Asphalt Supplier Stiffed By Contractor Slaps Lien On Paid-Up Homeowner

In Gresham, Oregon, KGW-TV Channel 8 reports:
  • [A] local paving company has been hurting consumers because it's not paying bills. [Brian] Lee is one of those consumers. He was actually happy with asphalt work done by Gresham Paving at a duplex he owns, a job for which he paid $5,400 up front.

  • Several weeks later, Lee started getting a series of lien notices from Knife River, the supplier of the asphalt. Gresham Paving didn't pay its asphalt bill so now Knife River has slapped a lien on Lees’ property.

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  • Officials with Knife River told KGW Gresham Paving owed them thousands of dollars. [...] For his part, Lee understands times are tough, but said it was ridiculous that he could be forced to pay twice.

For more, see Gresham contractor's unpaid bills thrust upon customers.

For more on homeowners left in the lurch due to actions by builders/contractors, go here, go here, go here, go here, and go here. StiffingContractorsTheta