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The job is done, our defects are closed or nearly closed, and the release is still waiting on a certificate nobody has issued.

Nobody asked for it at the time, the teams have moved on, and we suspect the total is more than we would like to admit.

Our work finished months ago, and the answer to every request is that the main contractor hasn't had its own retention back yet.

The defects list is long, most of it belongs to other trades, and our whole retention is being kept against it.

Retention comes off every payment, but nobody here could tell you what is held, on which jobs, or when any of it is due.