Payment Feud Entraps Owner

  Question:  I recently signed an agreement with a contractor to install new kitchen cabinets in my Chandler home.  Without my knowledge or approval, this contractor subcontracted the work to a local carpenter.  The cabinets were built poorly and were not even the ones I wanted.  I paid my contractor after we settled for 20…

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Mechanic's Lien Will Expire on its Own

  Question: Last year, we built our vacation home near Payson. We refused to pay the plumber because of poor workmanship, and the plumber recorded a mechanic’s lien against our vacation home. We finally settled with the plumber, and the plumber said that nothing needed to be done about the mechanic’s lien because it would…

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