Sounds to me like you went after the wrong people first.
I have two different general contractors who owe me a fairly substantial amount of money on jobs that were a 100% complete and inspected. I had signed contrcts on all the jobs that were involved but they kept dragging it on so i put lein on their personal properties and then took them to court:furious:. I won both cases and they were due to start payments but before i recieved any $ i got letters in the mail from bankrupcy court saying that they were both awarded bankrupcy and i can no longer pursue them

. I guess my question is can i go after the H.O. or their property. I have had such bad luck with lawyers that are not familiar with construction. P.S what hapened to honor?????
You should have sued the homeowner before you sued the contractor. I never heard of putting a lien on a contractor's personal property. Something is not right. You can get a judgment against the contractor, but you did not work on his property. You can only get a judgment and exercise the judgment by going after his assets.
I would have filed a lien on the job site and sued the homeowner. Then, the homeowner would have sued the contractor. Now, you are over the statute of limitations for liening the job site and you are probably over the statute of limitations for going after the homeowner. Had you gone after the homeowner sooner, he could have done more for you.
In California, and probably most states, the homeowner is responsible for making sure all subs are paid. This is done with joint checks and by getting a lien release from you. As soon as you were not paid, you should have filed a lien on the homeowner's property. This get them jumping!
I think it is very sad that people are allowed to get out of paying by filing bankruptcy, but this is what people do all the time. I get about 1 to 3 bankruptcies every year, and many are filed after I file liens and get judgments. It is all a portion of the business we have to figure is inevitable.
How much money are we talking about and how long ago did all this happen.