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Sounds like I'm in for a long haul. The only bargaining chip I can see is that my contract has "loose" language about the timing of the job, referring to it as "a reasonable time frame for completion". NJ law requires that the contract stipulate a start date and an end date or at least a period of time for completion of the work. My contract does not really meet those requirements. Yes I was less informed than I should have been. But this may constitute a violative contract and could provide me some leverage if I choose to go that way. My verbal discussions(yes useless in court) on timings were on the order of 8 to 10 weeks so we're not there yet. They could swarm me with workers and finish in that time frame so I'm going to wait and see.
But I can't find any legislation that would allow me to withold funds from the payment schedule in case of a dispute. Anyone know anything about that?
ahttp://www.njsbf.com/njsbf/publications/construction.cfmer
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