The Brief
- Several Tampa Bay area homeowners who paid Valor Home Services for new roofs later discovered liens on their properties.
- The issue: A building supplier placed the liens to recover the cost of materials after Valor Home Services did not pay its supply bills.
- While some of these liens have been paid and released, it remains unclear when or if Valor Home Services will resolve the remaining active liens, or what actions the supplier will take next.
TAMPA, Fla. – Several Tampa Bay area homeowners are dealing with unexpected property liens after hiring Valor Home Services for roof replacements. Despite customers paying the roofing company, the contractor did not pay its supplier for the materials used on the jobs.
What we know:
Because the unpaid supplies are now affixed to the customers’ homes, Florida law allows the supplier to place a construction lien on the properties to recover the debt.…