Builder wants Final payment with work not complete.

We have just recently hired and built with a general contractor.
The house is almost complete, and the contractor wants payment.
There are many things wrong with our house, the siding needs to be redone, there are cracks in the ceilings, doors that will not open properly bacause they are not hung correctly, floor joist hangers that need to be installed, cut up heating ducts that are ruined because the contractor had to cut them to modify other things around them, a broken drain, backwards taps, I could go on and on. The big thing for me is the siding, we have had many written quotes for just under $10,000.00. Our contractor has always treated us like we are nothing, they are very disrespectful and hard to reason with. They have just told us that if they do receive full payment by tomorrow that they will be(not putting a lien on the house) but sueing us!!! We have our 10% holdback still but I need to know whether we have to pay them anything until all work is complete???? Do they have grounds to sue us??? They haven't even completed all work...
Please help!!!!
CP

Sounds like you could sue them--in small claims--for the value of the sloppy work and costs to repair etc.

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