Homeowner Action – Contractor Agreements
Homeowner action involves checking a business’ background, it should come natural when getting work done. Using someone local, with references, insurance, ethical codes, is how homeowners feel secure about going through the process of home repair. How contractors feel secure is with proper payment upon satisfactory completion of the work. In order to secure this payment, a lien process is put into affect. AAS has a lien on every contract we get signed. AAS Restoration assures you, the customer, that it is simply a formality in our contractor agreement. We provide lien waivers when payment is received.
AAS Restoration has restored thousands of damaged properties in Kansas City and surrounding areas. We have helped homeowners, landlords, property managers, and business owners. Our testimonials let you know that we are on your side. This excerpt is in response to an article that was taken from The Washington Post, where Jill Chodorov wrote mechanic’s liens.
Homeowner Action – Contractor Agreements
Refusing to pay the invoice after satisfactory work has been completed, you risk having a mechanic’s lien attached to your property. Mechanic’s liens were created by Thomas Jefferson to encourage construction in the new capital city of Washington. They were meant to give contractors assurance of payment for their labor at a time when commerce was in a state of chaos. Kansas and Missouri allow for mechanic’s liens.
Sometimes a contractor will do work that increases the value of the property, and this lien prevents homeowners who take advantage of the work done without paying. We are not talking about you, of course.
The article summed up to one phrase, and that was the first homeowner action is to do their homework. Get references whenever you can from friends and family. The Better Business Bureau makes sure companies stay honest. We here at AAS Restoration do like bringing in the BBB, but we would also want you to know, we are members of NARI, DKI, IICRC—all those things that have standards that we have to abide by in order to be a member.
