In 14 days we will be moving. Did I say 14? Yep, 14 little days going by really fast!
Every week since we bought the condo we’ve been on site in to check on their progress. Some weeks it didn’t show much, and others we could see that it was starting to take shape. Last week the gyproc was put up. Then they did the joints.
Yesterday we where there to meet with a closet guy, to maximize our space (I’m so, but so sad that I lost my lovely walk-in. I now have “reach-in”, so sad…), as we walked in we were surprised to see that the tiling had been done. Then I saw my little kitchen. They had put up all the cupboards – wow! What a difference and then I noticed it…
We had decided that our cupboards would be "shaeker" style, and what they installed isn’t. Hubby turned mad in a flash and I was trying to remain somewhat calm because we were there for the closets. That poor guy, who looked like a kid, could see that neither of us was really happy at that exact moment.
We took pictures of the things that were wrong (keeping a log for when we meet the builder) and headed to the builder’s office. We met with him. Let’s just say that he wasn’t as happy as when we came in, by the time we left.
Both of us went to bed thinking about these issues because Hubby was up way early and I had a dream about the tiles’ colour. I had to get up to make sure. I looked at the pictures we took (Thank Techno for digital cameras!) and couldn’t really see the colour of the floor. Talked with Hubby later on and he doesn’t really remember that… Great!
We have to go back this weekend to paint the locker in the garage before the water heater goes in, so I guess it will have to wait until then… Now I’m starting to stress about how the appliances will fit and if the builder did follow the specs we gave him…We knew troubles were part of that game, but we also hoped that "maybe" this builder would be different...
Oh the joy of construction…
"There is great need for a sarcasm font."
4 comments:
talk about stress!!!
...hopefully everything will work out before you move...in less than 2 weeks...oh, how time flies ;)
Wow---good thing you caught the cabinets when you did!
That's great that you guys are staying on top of this. I've heard so many construction horror stories----eek!
Bloody builders! Why cant they just do as they are told??
We had this trouble when we bought my shed. We gave them exact measurements of where the window was to go and and which door we wanted etc, and when they arrived, they just chucked up this shed that had none of the things we wanted on it! We made them take it back and do it again, but they were making out it was our fault, when it was theirs for not actually doing what we had said in the fisrt place.
Are builders mentally retarded? Makes you wonder. I hope that you dont have to put up with much more of this. Grrr, builders *grumbles*.
Imagine if you had just left them to it? Idiots
Ok, thats my rant over!
kim: You got that right!
atm: It's all about timing and we were lucky (I guess) with that. Can't wait to see what their solution will be...
pigeon: They were told and it was repeated MANY times, and still they got it wrong! All the troubles you had for your shed, now imagine that on a house base - freaky! Can't/won't even think of what would have turned out if we weren't there to watch them... A bunch of "numbnuts"!
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