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Money found by contractor
Dec 13, 2007 | 2:57 PM
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I've heard quite a bit about the money the contractor. It might be easy to think that the owner should keep the money but I think the "King Solomon" approach might be better. Each side gets half. After all the homeowner wouldn't have the money if not for the contractor, but the contractor wouldn't have found it if the homeowner didn't hire them.
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gyro_jumper read my blog view my photos
Dec 13, 2007 | 4:31 PM

I have to disagree.
The contractor was hired and paid to apparently take down a wall. He did the job, and got paid. What was found in the wall has nothing to do with the contractor. In my opinion the homeowner was very generous to offer 10%.
Just goes to show--- no good deed goes unpunished!
mommiegrandma read my blog view my photos
Dec 13, 2007 | 4:45 PM

gyro_jumper

Agree! Why should he get paid twice? Everything in someone’s home belongs to them. It just like a stranger walking in your house and found your money lying around and they take, saying I found it.

I think she showed her appreciation by giving him a 10% finder’s fee, he should have been happy that she thought enough to give him that. He let his greed overrule his common sense and the backlash could hurt his business.

Who would want someone with this mentality working in their home?
klh1886 read my blog view my photos
Dec 13, 2007 | 5:45 PM

I definately would not hire this man either.
Hittokiri_korru read my blog view my photos
Dec 13, 2007 | 7:18 PM

I don't recall hearing if the money was placed by the ancestors of the owners or not, but I'll assume it wasn't their ancestors that put it there. In which it really their money either. They just happened to own the house. The owner has no real claim to it. Since it was a symbiotic relationship that led to the money it should be split 50/50. They both have "laws" on their side in this. But I think both are being greedy.
gyro_jumper read my blog view my photos
Dec 13, 2007 | 7:41 PM

When you purchase property, everything on that property belongs to you. If the contractor would've found black mold in the walls would he have split the repair bills - oh I guess that's when it would be the homeowners property.
shawty123 read my blog
Dec 14, 2007 | 8:30 AM

the contractor said the home owner said she would give him half. bs. why would someone give a person half of some money found in their home. not. the contractor is greedy for wanting half. greedy. out fo the goodness of the homeowner she offered him 18000 damn. should've been me
waterlover926 read my blog
Dec 15, 2007 | 3:12 AM

I'm quite sure that there are many laws that cover this situation it just depends upon the interpretation. However I Must agree with gyro_Jumper. If the contractor is entitled to half, then I believe it would open up a flood gate. Can you imagine service people comming into your home claiming to find things and demanding that they recieve half the value. For instance Plumbers that find expensive jewelry in drains, and appliance repairmen that find expensive jewelry in dryers. The house belonged to the women, and so does the money. The contractor got paid for his service, and should be grateful that she offered a finders fee. He's just being plain GREEDY.
BuffyBlizzardSlayer read my blog view my photos
Dec 15, 2007 | 9:37 PM

Hey! If I "find" your car stereo while fixing your car, it's mine, right?
rickyw read my blog view my photos
Dec 16, 2007 | 1:08 PM

if i find your cat in my trashcan....the trash is yours...right?
rickyw read my blog view my photos
Dec 16, 2007 | 5:23 PM

and why are really dumb people always looking for something for nothing....we have to guard our borders to keep out ambitious foreigners...and our native born are looking for a free lunch...lets make a deal with mexico....for every two mexicans we let in..they agree to take one hillbilly
Hittokiri_korru read my blog view my photos
Dec 16, 2007 | 7:00 PM

Legally the home owner should get the money because that would open the flood gates. But morally, that money was never either of theirs. The true owners are likely dead, so unless you can track down the ancestors the home owner and contractor who found it should split it.
TexanWeazel read my blog
Dec 17, 2007 | 6:17 AM

If he would have found black mold in the walls, he would have charged the homeowner full price to have it cleaned up, not split the price because he found it. Same goes for something found that is good instead of bad.

Money belongs to owner, period. Contractor should have taken the finders fee that the owner offered.

Everything in that house belongs to the owner of the property. If the contractor takes anything from the home then it is considered theft. He is there to do a job; no more, no less.

He has no business of maiking claim. I hope he looses work for this jackass move.
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I am 19 years old, a raised Catholic but Agnostic and I work at a bowling ally as a pinchaser (also known as a pin monkey). My hobbies include reading manga, playing chess in which my ELO rating is 1135, watching anime, messing with technology although my internet slang vocabulary is rather poor, and I am a 4th Kyu (green Belt) in Traditional Chinese Kenpo where I am also participating in Shoot-fighting. I intend to teach Karate for a living. I'm not the kind of person to boycott, protest or march because of something, whether or not I believe in it. However I would like to note that I have been boycotting McDonald's since August 2007, I intend to continue until they offer the regular menu at all hours. My website is http://jinchu.weebly.com/

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