sewer connection agreement

[Jimmy S.]

Hi,

Long story short is I am allowing my neighbor to connect to my sewer line which I installed when I built a new home and was forced to put connections in for the other 2 neighbors since they both have a septic and I have public sewer.(I am responsible for maintenance for the entire line) Anyways the one neighbor wants to connect and we agreed on a price and got township approval and the township will take over responsibly for the line since it will be a public line then. The original agreement I made with the neighbor is I would receive payment when I sign the document allowing them to connect and they pay all fees involved. I do not have an attorney and his attorney I have been talking to through out this process seemed ok. Now its time to sign the paperwork and he slipped in that payment is to be made after the construction and connection is made saying if they are unable to connect they are not paying me.  I told them no and want payment upfront as I am no longer involved and they will deal with the township. They are talking now about mabay a escrow account but his attorney and him are friends.

What would you do? 

Trust them and  go with the escrow?
Stand firm and get payment upfront?
Or get an attorney and make them pay my attorney fees since they changed the agreement?

Township said try to get money upfront. They will give him a permit after I sign the document. Im sick of this as his lawyer is contacting me and getting rude with me now since I wont sign it and they changed the terms at the end about when payment is made. Township really dont know whats going on either as they said its in the township lawyers hands. I never signed anything yet or even the original agreement I just type to show what I wanted. They would be paying me $4000 for the connection after beating me down on price and giving me hardship story.

I dont have to let them connection township said. There septic is shot and will cost them alot more if they need to install a sand mound.