Real Estate & Construction Disputes
Property and project disputes, from contested lease terms and closings to construction payment and performance.
Real Estate & Construction Disputes
Property and project disputes, from contested lease terms and closings to construction payment and performance.
Real Estate & Construction Disputes
Property and project disputes, from contested lease terms and closings to construction payment and performance.
Opening day is approaching. The buildout is still a dispute.
The contractor says the latest work was outside the price. The landlord says the delay belongs to you. Rent is coming due, and your team is waiting to move in.
The lease, construction agreement, plans, and change orders each tell part of the story. We examine how the commitments fit together, what was approved, and what the record supports. That gives the response a practical objective: payment, completion, access, an exit, or another defined outcome worth pursuing.
Opening day is approaching. The buildout is still a dispute.
The contractor says the latest work was outside the price. The landlord says the delay belongs to you. Rent is coming due, and your team is waiting to move in.
The lease, construction agreement, plans, and change orders each tell part of the story. We examine how the commitments fit together, what was approved, and what the record supports. That gives the response a practical objective: payment, completion, access, an exit, or another defined outcome worth pursuing.
Opening day is approaching. The buildout is still a dispute.
The contractor says the latest work was outside the price. The landlord says the delay belongs to you. Rent is coming due, and your team is waiting to move in.
The lease, construction agreement, plans, and change orders each tell part of the story. We examine how the commitments fit together, what was approved, and what the record supports. That gives the response a practical objective: payment, completion, access, an exit, or another defined outcome worth pursuing.
Work tied to the property and the project
Work tied to the property and the project
Work tied to the property and the project
Review contested deposits, closing obligations, representations, disclosures, contingencies, and claimed breaches. Prepare demands and responses and assess the available remedies against the transaction record.
Review contested deposits, closing obligations, representations, disclosures, contingencies, and claimed breaches. Prepare demands and responses and assess the available remedies against the transaction record.
Review contested deposits, closing obligations, representations, disclosures, contingencies, and claimed breaches. Prepare demands and responses and assess the available remedies against the transaction record.
Address rent, operating expenses, repairs, tenant improvements, use restrictions, assignment, renewal, and termination. Examine the lease and amendments alongside the notices and conduct in dispute.
Address rent, operating expenses, repairs, tenant improvements, use restrictions, assignment, renewal, and termination. Examine the lease and amendments alongside the notices and conduct in dispute.
Address rent, operating expenses, repairs, tenant improvements, use restrictions, assignment, renewal, and termination. Examine the lease and amendments alongside the notices and conduct in dispute.
Work through unpaid invoices, disputed change orders, delay, incomplete work, and disagreements about the scope. Organize the contract, schedule, payment history, and communications into a usable account.
Work through unpaid invoices, disputed change orders, delay, incomplete work, and disagreements about the scope. Organize the contract, schedule, payment history, and communications into a usable account.
Work through unpaid invoices, disputed change orders, delay, incomplete work, and disagreements about the scope. Organize the contract, schedule, payment history, and communications into a usable account.
Assess the allegations, project roles, warranties, notice provisions, and evidence needed to evaluate responsibility. Identify technical questions that call for an appropriate construction professional or expert.
Assess the allegations, project roles, warranties, notice provisions, and evidence needed to evaluate responsibility. Identify technical questions that call for an appropriate construction professional or expert.
Assess the allegations, project roles, warranties, notice provisions, and evidence needed to evaluate responsibility. Identify technical questions that call for an appropriate construction professional or expert.
Review the claimant, work, preliminary notices, recorded documents, payments, and timing. Assess enforcement, release, or defense options within the particular dispute.
Review the claimant, work, preliminary notices, recorded documents, payments, and timing. Assess enforcement, release, or defense options within the particular dispute.
Review the claimant, work, preliminary notices, recorded documents, payments, and timing. Assess enforcement, release, or defense options within the particular dispute.
Prepare demands, responses, pleadings, discovery, witness preparation, and settlement documents for the agreed scope. Address contract procedures and evaluate mediation, arbitration, or court proceedings as appropriate.
Prepare demands, responses, pleadings, discovery, witness preparation, and settlement documents for the agreed scope. Address contract procedures and evaluate mediation, arbitration, or court proceedings as appropriate.
Prepare demands, responses, pleadings, discovery, witness preparation, and settlement documents for the agreed scope. Address contract procedures and evaluate mediation, arbitration, or court proceedings as appropriate.
A California mechanics lien is a claim recorded against property by certain unpaid project participants. Its validity depends on more than the invoice. The applicable work, notices, recording, and enforcement requirements need review. Contractors State License Board: mechanics liens and reviewing a recorded lien.
A California mechanics lien is a claim recorded against property by certain unpaid project participants. Its validity depends on more than the invoice. The applicable work, notices, recording, and enforcement requirements need review. Contractors State License Board: mechanics liens and reviewing a recorded lien.
A California mechanics lien is a claim recorded against property by certain unpaid project participants. Its validity depends on more than the invoice. The applicable work, notices, recording, and enforcement requirements need review. Contractors State License Board: mechanics liens and reviewing a recorded lien.
Build the response from the record.
We start with the property, the parties, and the decision that cannot wait. Then we assess the agreements, notices, available evidence, and steps already taken.
For a project, that may mean comparing the scope against change orders and payment applications. For a lease, it may mean tracing who undertook a repair and when notice was given. For a transaction, it may mean reconstructing the closing conditions and communications before the deal stopped.
The work can include a dispute assessment, document chronology, claim or response, negotiation terms, or an agreed phase of proceedings. We also identify where an insurer, lender, broker, architect, or engineer may need to be involved.
Build the response from the record.
We start with the property, the parties, and the decision that cannot wait. Then we assess the agreements, notices, available evidence, and steps already taken.
For a project, that may mean comparing the scope against change orders and payment applications. For a lease, it may mean tracing who undertook a repair and when notice was given. For a transaction, it may mean reconstructing the closing conditions and communications before the deal stopped.
The work can include a dispute assessment, document chronology, claim or response, negotiation terms, or an agreed phase of proceedings. We also identify where an insurer, lender, broker, architect, or engineer may need to be involved.
Build the response from the record.
We start with the property, the parties, and the decision that cannot wait. Then we assess the agreements, notices, available evidence, and steps already taken.
For a project, that may mean comparing the scope against change orders and payment applications. For a lease, it may mean tracing who undertook a repair and when notice was given. For a transaction, it may mean reconstructing the closing conditions and communications before the deal stopped.
The work can include a dispute assessment, document chronology, claim or response, negotiation terms, or an agreed phase of proceedings. We also identify where an insurer, lender, broker, architect, or engineer may need to be involved.
Related practices
Related practices
Related practices
FAQ
FAQ
FAQ
Start with a short account of the dispute and any stated deadline. The agreement and amendments and the demand or notice are useful background. For construction, identify the project participants; relevant plans, change orders, payment records, and photographs help establish what happened. For a property transaction, escrow and closing correspondence are also useful.
The page focuses on business property and project disputes. Cove also serves individuals. Share the property type and issue so we can confirm the fit and exact scope before an engagement, including for residential work.
That is one of the practical questions we assess. The answer depends on the rights in dispute, the property's condition, the notices, and any orders or agreements already in place. Tell us what use or activity is being interrupted.
We address the legal work and the evidence needed for it. Technical inspections, testing, repair design, and expert opinions require the appropriate professionals and an agreed scope. Their findings can inform the legal assessment.
Individual matters are always fixed fee. We define the response, negotiation, or phase of proceedings included before beginning. Additional work is separately agreed.
Your introduction to Cove
Start with a conversation about what you need.
If you decide to move forward, we’ll agree on the work and its fixed fee before we begin.
Have a particular matter in mind? Tell us about it.
Share what you’re working through or working toward.
Send relevant documents ahead of time so we can come prepared.
Your introduction to Cove
Start with a conversation about what you need.
If you decide to move forward, we’ll agree on the work and its fixed fee before we begin.
Have a particular matter in mind? Tell us about it.
Share what you’re working through or working toward.
Send relevant documents ahead of time so we can come prepared.
Your introduction to Cove
Start with a conversation about what you need.
If you decide to move forward, we’ll agree on the work and its fixed fee before we begin.
Have a particular matter in mind? Tell us about it.
Share what you’re working through or working toward.
Send relevant documents ahead of time so we can come prepared.