Ok, so when you watch all those TV home make over shows and so many things go wrong and you wonder if it's all an act? Not true... I've had and still have first hand experience in home reno frenzy, so i believe anything is possible...
* In the midst of budgeting, our basement started to leak... that ended up costing $700 extra.
* They dumped a garbage dumpster on our drive way, forgot to move my car, so it is now forever trapped in there, and it is now full of dust since they are doing work in the garage (like cutting wood or tiles).
* The shower faucet system had missing part, ming had a fight with the home depot ppl whire returning it, got really mad and got a speeding ticket on his way home.
* The shower system is now installed, i just realized that the shower head is an entirely different one from what it's supposed to be (and i only realized this coz i took a 2nd look of our system at the home depot today and thought "hey, that looks different from ours at home!")
* The standing shower tiles were put on unevenly and unleveled, we let it go, then one of the floor tile is unleveled too! Mind you we only have what, 9 tiles in the entire bathroom floor coz they are big tiles.
* Ikea screwed up, so after visiting Ikea in Vaughan (which is >30min drive) over 5 times, we had to drive all the way to Ikea in Etobicoke (another way 30min drive as well) to find the product that we want.
* The bathstand that we got did not fit with our water pipes, so they had to cut it, make some changes to it.
* Spent another extra $300 for a ceiling vent that wasn't part of the plan.
* They painted the whole family room in one colour! When we had asked them to paint the lower part (below the trim) white!
* The new windows have not arrived yet.
* The new carpet has not arrived yet.
* The new bathroom vanity stand was supposed to come yesterday, but neither ming or i were home to pay the company.
* The guy walked into the bedroom while i was still asleep!
* They started taking out the lights in the kitchen while everything was still on the counter. So i had to clean off everything and remove everything.
* The house is in a constant mess/dirtiness. We had to move everything out of the small bathroom, family room, master bedroom, now the kitchen. Things are just being moved around.
* Tons of communication problems with the contractor, regarding what was said and what was not said... i hate it.
I hate reno, i hate having to stay home when there are strangers in the house, and i hate to make decisions regarding the reno all by myself.... please don't let me make any decisions, ming.... >.<
2 comments:
It does sound like a nightmare. I also find the decision-making processes the most frustrating. I wonder how much longer they have told you that they will need to finish the projects. What's happening to the uneven tiles? Are they going to redo the ones that are uneven? How much have you paid them so far(percentage)? Can you withhold payment until the work is done? Did they give you any written contract?
money is not the biggest issue now... we haven't paid they 2/3 of the money...and considered the work they put in so far.... we still have the upper hand. The problem is not dealing with 'bad' person (not in this case) but simpy sloppy workers... and a boss trying to make ends meet (i really do believe that.) He agreed to fix the tile..so that's good.
Jack, i am really sorry about all these. I hope that you do know that in your heart. If i have to stay home.. i will. next week i will take some days off (since i ain't getting paid anyway) and really get on their cases, ok? just let me get thru my first week of school......thank you for everything!
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