<div dir="ltr">Yes, the contractor is licensed and bonded.<div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Gabriel A. Dietz<br>Partner</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Hoerschelmann Dietz PLLC<br>(206) 451-3859</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:gabe@hdpnw.com" target="_blank">gabe@hdpnw.com</a></span></u><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="http://www.hdpnw.com/" target="_blank">www.hdpnw.com</a></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 8:19 AM Kary Krismer <<a href="mailto:Krismer@comcast.net">Krismer@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Have you checked to see if the contractor is licensed and
bonded. Unless something has changed since I stopped practicing,
that's a very good defense.<br>
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Morning Listmates,<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">This
is a somewhat new situation to me but may be routine
practice for some of you. Potential client, a single family
residence owner, signed a cost plus construction contract
for a contractor to do a relatively small job. The contract
had an estimated price written in. Contractor's invoice was
five times the estimate. During the job there were some
discussions between contractor and PC about change in means
but never any discussions about an increase in price. What
defenses, if any, does PC have?<br>
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Thank you in advance,</p>
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Gabriel A. Dietz<br>
Partner</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Hoerschelmann
Dietz PLLC<br>
(206) 451-3859</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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