George Moehlenhoff I've been thinking about writing an update.
We'll, the project is still ongoing. The contractor is still moving ever so slowly and has given us the excuses recently that:
- he underbid this project
- he managed to get 4 contracts signed simultaneously which has affected his ability to get things done on time
The plumbing and electrical are just about done and the kitchen cabinets have been assembled. But these guys decided to paint walls and assemble cabinets (leaving them exposed on the floor) while carpentry work and electrical / plumbing are ongoing. It's amazing how poorly planned this guy is.
I called him yesterday to say that his *** hats installed drywall in the shower that will be tiled. Not acceptable. He said greenboard is OK and I said "first of all, half of it is not greenboard it's standard gypsum board and second of all, even greenboard is not ok for showers. Get it out."
We have started hiring other contractors to do some other work at the property that is not in scope for the original contractor, trying to test them out to find one/some that we like. We're giving them smaller jobs like installing glass block windows and re-doing a front porch and some brick work. Figured we should test guys out with smaller jobs before hiring for big jobs like we did the first guy.
Problem is that we've paid the first contractor 2/3 of the total, so we are reluctant to fire him yet... we'll never get that money back. But we are setting a deadline that if substantial progress (like all of the doors) isn't made this week, a law suit may be forthcoming.
