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So I am having a portion of my house remodeled...


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The wife and I went to the Home builders show a few weeks ago. We were looking for a contractor to build an office out of a formal living room. This work involoved building a wall, framing in french doors, and alot of painting.

I had a few contractors come through, all of which were liscence, bonnded, insured, etc. I did reseach to ensure they were reputable, etc... We picked a contractor who gave us a good price (not the lowest) and who had a good gameplan for doing the job.

I was out of town last week when they did the work. I got home after the job was done and it was all jacked up.

-you could easily tell where the new drywall had been installed, because the seam was very obvious.

-they installed door handles on the doors, all of which were crooked. The door itself does not close all the way.

-the paint job was in one word, terrible. they only did one coat of paint, and they did a shitty job sanding. they painted over the white trim. the contractor said I would only need 2g of paint, which I thought was pretty low, considering he is painting so much. they only used 1.5 of the gallons.

-on my laminate floor, there were HOLES and scratches all over it where they worked. literally, they ruined the floor. we bought laminate because we have kids and an 80lb black lab. in 2 years I never have seen a scratch! I got on my hands and needs and marked every scratch in a defined area, there were 32!!!

We did a final walk through on Monday. The contractor said he was "embarrassed" by the scratches. But he said that he figured only 1 coast of paint in his estimate. He tried to hit me up for another $200 to have his guys come back to re-paint. I bought 2 more gallons of paint for the guys to use.

The guys are here to finish the job today. I took small pieces of tape and marked each hole in the floor. The workers acted shocked about it. They seem to have a shitty overall attitude about having to come back out, but whatever.

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Unless you know the guy, it's always hard to tell what you're gonna get. Even with people that have good reps, they might be really busy or something and hire workers they don't know, etc. Sorry man, sounds like you got screwed. I'd definitely press the guy to fix every little detail you don't like and also have them pay to have your floor fixed or replaced.

Hate to say it, but if he balks, sue him. It's your house.

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Unless you know the guy, it's always hard to tell what you're gonna get. Even with people that have good reps, they might be really busy or something and hire workers they don't know, etc. Sorry man, sounds like you got screwed. I'd definitely press the guy to fix every little detail you don't like and also have them pay to have your floor fixed or replaced.

Hate to say it, but if he balks, sue him. It's your house.

I have already contacted my friend whos a lawyer. The job is only $1000, because I bought all the materials myself. She said that is it really worth $1000 for court, etc..? My answer is no.

The kicker of it is, when they pulled back the wall, they found termite damage, so they had to replace some 2x4's. He has not given me the price for the "extra work", but I have a feeling he is going to hose me on that cost to try to make up for his guys coming back out.

I had my wife take pictures of the job, while they were working, so that I could see the progress. One picture clearly shows their tools sitting on my bare hardwood.

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What I've found...(did a major addition)...is that unless you're there supervising, they are going to screw something up and run off. GM is just the coordinator and probably has numerous jobs going on and he's just scheduling these guys.

I had a sheetrock crew cut my HDMI cable I'd run through the wall and they literally took the end they cut off and put it back in the hole thinking I'd never notice. I found you have to be there to keep people in check.

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Well they finished the job. I did a walk through and everything was close to being fixed to my satisfaction. I feel bad for the contractor though, he basically is getting $1075 for 2 guys working 4 days, I doubt there is anything left for him to put in his pocket. I know he lost his ass on it, but he is the one who estimated it. I do find it funny that he only thought one coat of paint would have been necessary to A: change old orangish paint to white and B: cover fresh drywall.

He also went out and got some kind of paint pen for the floors. I cant tell if they are fixed or not cause they have to dry and I dont have a sun reflecting on them anymore. Will make judgement tomorrow.

As far as the money goes. I did not pay him. After we did the final walk thorough he asked me for the check. When I told him that it would be until Friday before the $ transferred into my checking account, I thought he was gonna freak out. He must be strapped for cash.

Is that standard practice to give the contractor the day of the final walk through?

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Most reputable contractors will go 25% down, 25% at some point and the remainder when all is said and down... or some version of that. But that's when you're paying labor and materials.

And as far as everything else... ummm, the guy had no idea what to charge you because $1k was way too low. Heck, the wall and adding a set of french doors should have been a little over a grand by themselves.

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Well they finished the job. I did a walk through and everything was close to being fixed to my satisfaction. I feel bad for the contractor though, he basically is getting $1075 for 2 guys working 4 days, I doubt there is anything left for him to put in his pocket. I know he lost his ass on it, but he is the one who estimated it. I do find it funny that he only thought one coat of paint would have been necessary to A: change old orangish paint to white and B: cover fresh drywall.

He also went out and got some kind of paint pen for the floors. I cant tell if they are fixed or not cause they have to dry and I dont have a sun reflecting on them anymore. Will make judgement tomorrow.

As far as the money goes. I did not pay him. After we did the final walk thorough he asked me for the check. When I told him that it would be until Friday before the $ transferred into my checking account, I thought he was gonna freak out. He must be strapped for cash.

Is that standard practice to give the contractor the day of the final walk through?

Yes. You shold have had the check ready at time of walkthrough.

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