Beware of Estimate ContractMy elderly parents asked for an estimate and were told it would be $75 because it would require going under the house. My father signed a contract agreeing to pay $75. When "going under the house" consisted of shining a flashlight under the house, my father protested at paying the $75. It was then pointed out to him that when he signed the estimate contract he had agreed, in writing, to a lein on the property. He was threatened with a lein if he did not pay the $75.