Have them fix it and not pay any more until they do. Sorry they are not doing their job!

Don't go out of town again :-) Stand over them and make sure it gets done right!

So sorry for your bad experience Ashe. Hopefully it will go smoother now that you are back in town.

I was fortunate as I was working and dealing with DM long distance and was not there for much of the time.

I told sparky to put the UCL at the front and he did- terrible shadows. He moved them back about 1.5 inches and solved.

Talk to your GC and sparky to figure out options. Sending you positive energy to get through this

The lighting in my kitchen was initially so messed up I made them take the ceiling down. A new one was put up with the lighting in its proper places. But they were working from architectural drawings. If there are plans, it's a clear issue. If not, it can get mushy.

If they followed the lighting plan they were given or there was no plan, I would be reluctant to blame the installer. However, that doesn't mean you don't have a reason to not be happy. Just make sure that everybody is on the same page during the resolution process.

There was no lighting plan per se; the GC simply said that they had worked with the electrician before and he was very good at figuring out just where everything would go. I trusted the GC.

On the day the electrician came to do the plan, the GC apparently sent his sub. The electrical contractor sent his subs to do the work. The GC collected a hefty fee for his sub being there and for the electrical contractor; the electrical contractor collected fees for his subs. The lighting is not the only thing that is wrong--there was supposed to be an outlet in the cabinet next to the sink for a water filter and they put it over the fridge. I let that issue go...probably one of my many mistakes. Everyone got paid and I got ***.

The UCLs were a whole other story. No-one seemed to have any clue where they should go, including the GC. I had to insist that they were put where they should be.

Just to improve my mood, I ran the dishwasher yesterday...turned out they hadn't opened the valve for the water so it ran on high heat with no water. No idea whether THAT's caused any damage. Whine, whine! I have to keep telling myself; it's a first world problem.

First world problem or not it is still frustrating. If I ever do another remodeling job I will be my own GC.