I can not believe what a nightmare this kitchen remodeling has turned into. I know so many people have REALLY major unexpected developments...rotted subfloors, broken sewer lines, etc...that cost $1000s to repair. Thank goodness, I haven't run into any of those, but I feel as if I'm in an old black and white movie with the keystone cops running around accomplishing nothing. My house was demo'd in April. My kitchen is STILL not done.
Every week, every day it's another stupid story. Last Friday, the plumbers only half completed installations because the cutout in the soapstone counter wasn't quite large enough for the Kohler cast iron sink and the powder room vanity table was too tall. The cabinet maker said, he made it tall he could be sure it wasn't too short and would cut it on site. But, of course, he wasn't there to do it when the plumbers came.
So the plumbers were due back today. I insisted the cabinet maker deliver the vanity back before I left for work this AM so I could be sure it was there. He did. The carpentry guy was supposed to be there this AM to sand off the edge of the soapstone counter. Now I just got a call from the plumber to say....no one is there, the vanity rocks and the kitchen sink still doesn't fit in the counter cut-out.
Where is the GC, you ask? And why isn't he taking care of this? He's half the problem. He's made so many mistakes, passing along incorrect info, requiring redos, that the subs and I have for all practical purposes cut him out and are communicating directly trying to get the job done. Not to mention that he's managed the job so badly that now some subs (who are all great, by the way) won't come back until they are assured by me that the job is ready for the next step and that I can assure them that they'll be paid promptly.
No, I can't fire the GC. The financing I have requires an approved contractor and it would run out before I could get another contractor lined up and approved. So, we're all just trying to get the damn job done with as little interference from him as possible.
Sorry for the vent...I am just SO frustrated!!!!!
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