It appears that one of the liens is from the paint supplier who is likely owed the money by the painting contractor. It’s SOP for suppliers to file preliminary liens for materials on a job but it would be the subcontractor’s (painting contractor in this case) responsibility to pay them after being paid by the owner/client. I routinely run $5M+ projects and it is not unusual for suppliers to subcontractors to file liens because they haven’t been paid. There is usually some type of dispute with the subcontractor and the General Contractor related to defects or workmanship that hold up payments. Sometimes it can be something as small as closeout or warranty documents not being received.
I will never forget walking into one of our condo projects during the painting stage. In the entrance lobby, the walls had little 1” spots of masking tape all over. It looked like a flock of moths were stuck on the walls.
I asked a nearby guy - “what goes there, pointing to the tape bit. He didn’t know who I was, and answered with disgust.
“That damn architect comes in here in the early morning, then again at night and looks at the paint job from all directions, then marks the spots we missed. What an a$$hole - we are gonna be over our bid on this!”
The contractors forget that the clients who are paying for the building hire the architects and engineers for a reason -To get their money’s worth, and not to be cheated by sub-standard work, not to mention staying in compliance with all the building codes.
“warranty documents not being received”
Same exact thing happened at our condo complex...painter took forever to get us the designated warranty docs from the paint manufacturer.