A common perception in the construction industry is that the most valuable part of an unbonded stop payment notice is the paper it is written on, at least when it is served on a construction lender.
SB 800, referred to by some as the "Right to Repair" Act, sets forth detailed non-adversarial notice and right to repair procedures a homeowner subject to the Act must follow prior to filing a construction defect lawsuit.
After years of study by the California Law Revision Commission, the Legislature adopted SB 189, the latest round of revisions to the set of construction remedies commonly known as the "Mechanics Lien Law."
Bob has been saving up for his dream home his entire life. While not an architect himself, he follows architecture trends and visits buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and I.M. Pei.
As this article goes to press, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has received the parties' supplemental briefs, and is preparing to rehear Villa Vicenza Homeowners Association v. Nobel Court Development, LLC.
The line between projects subject to the prevailing wage requirements, and those which are not, is not always as bright as it might seem.