The plaintiff contractor sued to enforce a construction lien after abandoning a home renovation project.
The defendant homeowners counterclaimed for breach of contract, negligence, and misrepresentation, seeking damages for the cost of completing the work and repairing deficiencies.
The court found that the contractor fundamentally breached the contract by abandoning the job and failing to deliver the promised quality of work.
The homeowners' claim for pre-contract misrepresentation was dismissed as unproven and redundant.
The court assessed the cost of completion and repair, offset it against the unpaid balance of the adjusted contract price, and awarded the homeowners $64,607.83 on their counterclaim.
The contractor's lien was ordered vacated.
