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Electrician trying to swindle us - Need advice!

Hello Reddit, FTHO here, need help with handling a local electrical company, who is being dishonest. They are threatening us with extra charges, failing to pay which, they'd like to place a lien on the home and complain to authorities about incorrect old wiring in the house. We would like to know our real liability if we refuse to pay the invoice. Also, what action can we take against the company? If you have been on either side of this scenario, would you especially please chime in?

Context:
We bought a 60s home. We signed a work order with this electrical company to upgrade the electricals in our kitchen and bathrooms, to bring them up to code with GFCI etc. While they agreed to a bunch of stuff verbally during pre-inspection (we wanted switches, breakers), their written quote with line items did not call out specifics. We moved ahead regardless, trusting their owner has been in the loop with us. On the day of the job, the owner and his electrician folk (journeyman and apprentice) gave us a hard time about how they only work on tasks called out in the quote. They suggested we get a new work authorization to get the extra tasks done.

Today:
After a day's worth of work, we told them we are dissatisfied with their mishandling of scope, the pace of the job (25% complete of full scope), and the sloppy job (extensive wall patchwork required). In response, they said they are stopping work, and wrote us an invoice balance, charging us an extra $2,500 for switch legs, receptacles, breakers—items that needed a "new work authorization". This is a surprise as (a) we can't confirm if they actually did what they are claiming (b) these are unexpectedly high charges, which we want to walk away from. The owner is threatening us with a lien etc.—is he being a paper tiger or this for real? What's our liability if we ignore their invoice, or only pay a small part of what we think is right?

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