Dealing with remodel issues
#32
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Goldendale, Wa.
Posts: 64
We started the redo of new floors that lead to new doors inside which led to new paint inside which meant he needed a new shop outside all of which aren't finished. In June it will have been one year. DIYS husbands are a large pain...hard to fire...harder to live with without reverting to murder, which ,I have heard is a bad thing. I still think about it a lot.....
#33
Well, here we go - the Bubba clown is on his way to do the last bath according to the owner. Hey at least she called this time to say he was coming!
She argued with me yesterday that the designer called me last week to confirm. I said no, no call and she said well she left a message. I said no, no message. Well, someone must have erased the message. Uh, no. It's my cell phone and no one else touches it!
Geez!
She argued with me yesterday that the designer called me last week to confirm. I said no, no call and she said well she left a message. I said no, no message. Well, someone must have erased the message. Uh, no. It's my cell phone and no one else touches it!
Geez!
#34
we had a forced remodel. our pipes froze and soaked into 5 rooms, including the kitchen the next day i was laid off, which turned out to be good because it took 9 months to complete the repairs/ restructuring. what with the drunk, the inexperienced and the pathological liars i'm surprised it's done now! and it only cost us $4,000 more than the insurance paid. looks really good if you close your eyes. on the plus side, the dogs and i have bonded ever closer as we spent all that time together in the bedroom, oh, and i did get the color paint i wanted. next time if it's not too wet i'll just set it on fire and take the dogs to the movies. they just adore popcorn!
#36
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Seattle
Posts: 695
My son is a contractor and he always cleans up after himself at day's end everyday. He does beautiful, high-quality work. It is possible to get good contractors, but there are definitely some bozos out there, too.
My son just finished remodeling my daughter's kitchen and is going to start on our "Wreckroom" in the basement. Not looking forward to the inevitable mess and dust, but am anxious to having a new room sometime this summer.
I do hope all works out for you.
My son just finished remodeling my daughter's kitchen and is going to start on our "Wreckroom" in the basement. Not looking forward to the inevitable mess and dust, but am anxious to having a new room sometime this summer.
I do hope all works out for you.
#37
I must be one of the lucky ones. We had tile put in the kitchen and the entry way. It took them one day to do it and it looks great!! We did have one spot that the grouting came lose, the guy came back right away and fixed it. He told us that if it ever happens again to give him a call and he would fix it for nothing. That's what I call service, guess their are still a few good ones around.
#38
I have had MOSTLY good contractors on projects we have done through the years but this job was truly something else!
It's kind of different here than anything I have ever seen. There is a CITY contractors license board. Never heardof that as is CA is was the State board!
I have terminated the job only slightly unfinished and negotiated a $200 discount. We have a friend who can fix the remaining issues.
There are oak transition strips that take it from the higher level of the hardwood down to the lower level of the vinyl and this company sure doesn't know how to do that!!! So a couple of new transitions and a bit of quarter round and it'll be done.
It's kind of different here than anything I have ever seen. There is a CITY contractors license board. Never heardof that as is CA is was the State board!
I have terminated the job only slightly unfinished and negotiated a $200 discount. We have a friend who can fix the remaining issues.
There are oak transition strips that take it from the higher level of the hardwood down to the lower level of the vinyl and this company sure doesn't know how to do that!!! So a couple of new transitions and a bit of quarter round and it'll be done.
#40
Originally Posted by MTS
Do you have a canal behind the house to hide the body?
Because, to be honest, I really spent about 6 months seriously contemplating "relocating" my contractor.
Now the only time I think that is every time I walk into my kitchen. :roll:
My sympathies. I totally empathize.
Because, to be honest, I really spent about 6 months seriously contemplating "relocating" my contractor.
Now the only time I think that is every time I walk into my kitchen. :roll:
My sympathies. I totally empathize.
I'm not sure many can beat that time-frame for a story, but I'll be watching.
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