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11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago

I have another topic on drywall i got some feedback on,Now it's on to the bathroom... I have pretty much lost all confidence in this GC. Has anyone ever been in a similar situation and what was your outcome? He seems to just have 2 or 3 guys that work for him and they do everything.I was promised a month turn key turn around on this remodel,it's been almost 5 now. The first framing guy that came,did structural work,i had building inspector come and look at it,he said it was ok.The guy that did the work was hired as an outside contractor.

My first red flag was that my GC wouldn't pay the guy that did the structural work,this went on for over a month.I finally ended up paying the guy and just deducted the cost from the next draw.

Then the drywall fiasco and now this.I can't be there during the day and when i get there after work,stuff is done and done poorly.I could do a better job.I hired this company for a step above what i could do.

Here is a link to the bathroom he tried handing me.When i seen it,i texted him and told him to stop all work in there,rip out what they had done.From the pics,you can see they basically threw a pan liner on top of the strand board subfloor,then threw up some denshield which again as you can see is all hacked together and setting down into the liner.Corners were not folded properly and nails were only a cou[ple inches up.When i told him he should have poured a base,then the liner then the bed and then the denshield,he looked at me like i was nuts and said people do it different ways and assured me he does all his jobs this way.

There is no way he can complete the job as promised in the contract with the last 2 draws i will owe him.I have already given him 60k in cash and have 2 more draws of 10k each.With the last 20k i owe him,he has left to do,toilet,tub,vanity,1500 sq ft of solid wood floors,2 windows they hacked out with a sawzall,kitchen cabinets,island and quartz countertops and do stack stone on fireplace plus finish all the other stuff that is partially done,electrical and plumbing. A note on the plumbing,i don't know if it's good or bad,he used all pex which is what i wanted but he used push fit connectors for everything,no crimps on anything.I just don't know what direction to turn,i feel i am trapped in the contract and have to take what he gives me.Should i consult a lawyer,can they do anything?I have tried talking to contractor and he just keeps telling me this is the way it's done and if i want it any different costs will go up and that i signed the contract....

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