A builder’s ability to protect its interest in work on a property by registering a lien on title can be complicated where that work is done not at the request of the owner, but at the request of a tenant. In balancing the parties’ competing rights, the Builders Lien Act permits an owner to disclaim any responsibility for work it did not request. In the case of an unregistered lease, a builder may lose the chance to protect its interest with a lien entirely.
As published in the NRCA’s Northern Construction Connection April 2025 Newsletter and VICA’s e-New.