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Hi I have a very good track record with my construction company. Work always gets performed to the best of my ability and trust, honesty and goodwill is what has built my business. As well as consistently communicating with the client to make sure work is being performed to the highest standard. I am busy with an interior renovation and building an addition onto the existing house. The client has signed my companies contract and now believes that I should do whatever extra work she throws at me for free. In my contract there is a change order cluase. I was informed by her husband that I now work for him and I must not charge them for extra labor or material. Everything has been going fine with the job up and till now. She is there everyday and see's what is going on. Both her and her husband lie an incredible amount. I have been warned by there friends that they have bitten off far to much to chew with this remodel of there house. I was warned by another friend of theirs that they are not going to pay me and what dishonest people they are. On Friday they started getting very aggressive with me because my painter painted the inlet and outlet pipes of there 100 year old radiators. These pipes were already painted several times. The client got really upset when I told her that they were already painted and she informed me that none of them have been painted an I must strip the paint off the pipes. I took pictures of the multiple layers of paint once I started stripping them. We have also had a few issues with paint colors that were chosen by the client. She would then say she did not ask us to paint the closet that color after we had painted the color she asked for. And so it goes on with this continual lying. What are my rights as a contractor that is licensed with the state of PA. Somehow I cannot find anything on any rights I may have to terminate the job. It seems that only the client has rights and not the contractor. Any light on this subject would help. Thanks in advance