Carpenter Charles Busbee says the couple hired a general contractor who issued him three fraudulent checks

Now a carpenter and an air conditioning contractor have filed two separate liens totaling $22,000, saying they have not been paid

The eatery was supposed to open in February but has been delayed

Kandi Burruss and husband Todd Tucker have been accused of not paying their builders for work on the Old Lady Gang restaurant

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss and her husband Todd are accused of screwing over builders who worked on their upcoming Southern cuisine restaurant - to the tune of $22,000.

A carpenter and an air conditioning contractor have accused the couple of blowing off their invoices, and even being indirectly responsible for giving him fraudulent checks.

According to documents exclusively seen by DailyMail.com, the two workers have not been paid for construction done on the Old Lady Gang eatery - which is not yet up and running, despite being meant to open in February.

Kandi, 40, a former singer with 90s R&B act Xscape, married RHOA producer Todd, 43, in 2014.

Kandi Burruss and her producer husband Todd are accused of screwing over builders who worked on their yet-to-open Old Lady Gang restaurant

Todd posted this image to Instagram three months ago showing work was still underway at the site. The Southern cuisine joint was supposed to open in February

They set up the restaurant last October when she was pregnant with her son Ace Wells Tucker. The Southern-style joint is supposed to pay homage to her family, including her mother Mama Joyce.

Carpenter Charles Busbee has filed a lien

But the duo seem to have run into trouble over the project. The court documents show that the reality stars have been hit with one lien for $16,512 by a carpenter named Charles Busbee.

He was supposed to be paid by June 30 but says has not yet received any money.

Busbee claims the general contractor hired by the couple to manage the renovation of their new restaurant issued fraudulent checks. Writing fraudulent checks is a felony in Georgia and Busbee is demanding he be paid immediately or he will have to take further action.

The couple now face two liens totaling $21,878 for the services of their construction workers

Kandi took to Twitter to express her frustrations at the progress of the restaurant

Earlier this year she told a user that the joint was behind schedule

In the court filings, an angry Busbee said it became apparent after work began that he would be providing much more to the project than planned, and would have to be the onsite foreman for the entire job - notwithstanding any pay adjustments to compensate for the additional work.

By June 27 he had had enough and pulled himself and his workers from the project - and only then did he discover the checks were fraudulent.

'I have spoken with you on numerous occasions since you wrote the three (3) checks, and I have received only empty promises to match my empty pockets,' Busbee wrote to the GC.

A second worker, an HVAC contractor named Tyrone Manuel, says he provided a three-tonne system inside the kitchen area and a five-tonne one in the lobby area, plus other materials. He says he is owed $5,366 and was meant to be paid by the end of August.

A representative for Kandi and her husband did not respond to a request for comment.

Kandi tweeted just on Wednesday expressing her frustration at the progress of the restaurant.

'Today has been so stressful...this restaurant is gonna drive me crazy & it's not even open yet,' she wrote.

The grand total for both liens comes to $21,878.