Add pieces to make gap smaller and add some 1/4 round trim overtop of the flooring and attached to the wall to cover the gap but still allow it to move. The piece with the coin is because there is nothing stopping it from moving. Maybe even better would be new baseboard and 1/4 round.

I would not be happy with that at all.

does he plan on hiding the gap against the wall w/any baseboard molding or quarter round?

You can't just have open gaps like that!

as for the dime pic, is it just that one or most of them?

what is this?? back up and lets see a bigger pic. what's all this dirt and chipping paint? (was the floor surface cleaned prior to laying down these planks? if not, the adhesive is just going to stick to all the dirt and grime and not the actual floor.)

lets see a picture of the room from normal positioning.

no. that is not acceptable work.

this is horrible. you should see no gaps like this, and that one plank is not installed correctly.

What's w/the baseboards?? Who did the 'finishing' work on those? Horrible job on the nail holes, clean-up of caulking and painting.

just so you know what a good job looks like, this is laminate flooring and well done baseboards.

No gaps, no sloppy, messy nail holes, no crappy painting, no caulking globs.

I appreciate the feedback. Can parts of the flooring be removed or does the whole thing need to come up? He’s a restoration contractor, so i’m surprised with the quality of work. He installed the baseboards but I didn’t hire him to paint them.

All the photos are what need to be done again and done right. Geesh

Oh no that needs fixed. It's not ok. You would need to replace several boards around the one location to get a tight fit. I can't believe they left it like that 😪

who ever painted those baseboards needs to come back, sand them all down, redo the holes correctly, sand, wipe up all the dust, prime and then paint them. (if you don't prime after filling the holes, it will absorb the paint and 'flash'. you'll have obvious dull spots after painting:

ALWAYS sand after filling, and after priming. if you can feel a rough spot w/your fingers, it's not done well.

I do my own baseboards and would put your guy to shame.

did you have another post about this? I swear, you're the 2nd person in 3 days w/baseboards that look like a blind person did them. It's complete laziness and no pride in workmanship that someone would do this type of work, get paid for it, and walk away proud. I would be so embarrassed w/that type of job, I couldn't even allow myself to take money for that.

Are you sure he painted those baseboards? looks like they were installed, someone globbed a bunch of caulking on them and smeared them w/their finger, left it like that to dry (I mean come one, they couldn't take a wet rag and wipe off the excess???) and walked away. they don't look painted.

Look up "how to fill nailholes and paint baseboards" so you know what needs to be done.

Here's one to get you started

https://www.patchworkandpebbles.com/perfect-trim-how-to-fill-nail-holes/

I'll tell you one clue, NO caulk in the nail holes! Wood filler. white wood filler, smoothed over w/220 grit sandpaper, run your finger over it. if you can't feel anything, it's done right. wipe it down, prime the nail holes. vacuum up all dust and wipe clean. Now it's ready for paint. I don't know what this clown charged you to paint, but it was way too much.

In fact, want to save some money? Do it yourself. it's not difficult. And now you can fix the other older trim parts that have the chipped paint and look awful.

This article covers exactly how to fix the nail holes and prep the trim for painting.

https://www.familyhandyman.com/project/how-to-prepare-wood-trim-for-a-smooth-paint-job/

( get yourself a good trim paint like BM Advance or SW ProClassic. SemiGloss. don't use a plain old latex wall paint on trim)

How to paint the trim:

https://www.familyhandyman.com/project/trim-painting-tips-for-smooth-and-perfect-results/

As for the flooring, I can't answer that since I don't know any

thing else about the install. Is it glue down? where are the parts that are done incorrectly? all over or just in a certain spot?

can you post some other pics showing a better perspective?

This is a joke. Looks like he screwed up and cut this piece. Rather than fix his mistake, he pieced it together, globbed in (poorly done) some brown wood filler to fill the crack, and passed this off as fixed??? There's a special place in contractor hell for men like this! Taking advantage of female homeowners and bullying them into paying.

He expects to be paid for this?

And this? it's crooked, short and exposed, and he thinks this is proper work??

Do me a favor, show him this article and my comments. I'd love to hear him tell me why he should be paid for this crappy work.

just refuse to pay him until it's done correctly. or, hire someone else to fix his mess (honestly, if he was able to do it right he would have done it the first time. don't know that I'd let him do it again. What is so difficult about "Not wanting gaps next to the baseboards? what's wrong with this guy that he thinks it's acceptable work??

go pull up pictures and videos of actual acceptable work, show it to him, and ask him if he can do yours this way. if the answer is no, then advise him you will be subtracting whatever cost you have to pay to bring in another person to fix his mistakes. And if you need more material, that's coming off his end as well.

don't you dare pay him a dime!

can you please post another photo showing the whole floor?