Modern Builders, Inc. v. Manke

Lennard and Kathleen Manke appeal a judgment foreclosing a labor and materialmen's lien in favor of plaintiff upon defendants' real property. We reverse.

In March 1976 defendants purchased an older house in need of remodeling near Gig Harbor. Prior to purchasing the house, they asked Duane Anderson, vice president of Modern Builders, Inc. of Tacoma (Modern Builders), to estimate the cost of remodeling. Anderson responded that it could not be done for under $50,000. Both parties agreed that extensive remodeling was necessary in order to make the house level and that extensive demolition and…