Sunday, August 5, 2007

Good thing we have a lawyer

I didn't get yesterday's mail until this afternoon. I was surprised to find a certified letter from a lawyer (not mine) in the box. Of the three concrete pours, we paid Central for the concrete for two and paid the concrete yard directly for the third. Turns out that Central never remitted for the two pours - they owe $6,452. The concrete yard's lawyer has instructed us to make no further payments to Central until they have paid their bill in full, or we may be liable for the entire amount due.

Good news is that they are not asking us for the money. Bad news is that they are not asking us for the money "yet".

So now we have the added complications of having a contractor who has not paid his subs in full, and we have to find a new contractor.

At this point, I am hoping that we lose in front of the Board tomorrow - if we go to court, we can sue for damages. Otherwise, I have a feeling that the money situation is not going to be good.

On a sad note, we said goodbye to our sweet Tigger on Monday. At 15, she had lost all hearing, most of her sight, and over the previous week had lost so much strength that she couldn't walk.

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