The roofer threatens to put a lien on the house

[Yamit Besso]

A roofer did a job for me. The quote we talked about is about $7200 without replacing rotten wood.

When I asked him how much rotten wood he would have to replace at the maximum he said it would cost $ 1000

After finishing work, he sent me invoice for $ 15,000, double the price we closed !!

I was present at work, and there he hardly replaced a wood. He claims that most of the charge on the garage.

Now he threatens to put Lien on the house.

Anyone know what steps I can take?

[JD Martin]

Look at your written contract. Usually there's going to be something somewhere that limits the size of a change order or additional work without a signature/approval. If you don't have anything there, ask him for some proof of the work he did replacing rotten wood. Unless he has his own lumberyard, he should have receipts or other proof of work for that scope of wood repair.

If you don't have anything in writing, then you are going to have to depend on the courts to sort it out. So you really shouldn't just talk about work that expensive, especially if you don't know the company.