In Case No. A05A0099, SRM Realty Services Group, LLC appeals from a default judgment entered against it and in favor of Capital Flooring Enterprises, Inc. In Case No. A05A0100, SRM Realty appeals from the denial of its motion to set aside that default judgment. In both cases, SRM Realty argues that its answer was timely. Alternatively, it argues that even if its answer was untimely, the default judgment must nonetheless be set aside because Capital Flooring failed to provide it with notice that it was seeking a default judgment and because Capital Flooring did not make certain certifications to the court in seeking default judgment. Finding no merit in these arguments, we affirm the judgments. On January 8, 2004, Capital Flooring filed suit against “SRM Realty Services, LLC, & that certain Cash Bond in the amount of $11,272.57.” Capital Flooring alleged that, pursuant to a contract with a building contractor, it had provided $11,272.57 worth of labor and materials for improvements upon certain real estate; that the contractor had failed to pay it that amount; that it thus filed a claim of lien in the clerk’s office for the county where the property was located; that a subsequent title search by SRM Realty conducted on behalf of the contractor in its sale of the property to new owners negligently failed to discover the lien; that SRM Realty thereafter filed a cash bond in that amount to be used to pay the holder of the lien if it was determined to be due in any legal proceeding seeking to foreclose the lien and recover same; that upon the filing of the cash bond, the property was discharged from the lien; and that it had obtained a judgment against the contractor in the amount of $11,272.57, but had not yet been paid.
That same day, Capital Flooring’s attorney sent SRM Realty’s attorney a letter, which stated in its entirety, Enclosed please find a copy of the Complaint which we have filed on behalf of Capital Flooring in the above styled case. In accordance with our previous understanding, please sign the original enclosed Acknowledgment of Service and return the same to me in the enclosed self addressed envelope. We have also enclosed one 1 copy of the Acknowledgment of Service for your files. The accompanying “Acknowledgment of Service” stated in its entirety,
