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@@ -13,49 +13,80 @@ We've had some hiccups along the way, so I just wanted to start list of issues w
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**Exterior**
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- rear upper deck & railings
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- deck light
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+- chimney seal, cap, & wrap
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- caps on doubled 2x12s
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- was told they would be caulked to look like 4x12s
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- insulation and pipes in crawlspace
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-- proper drainage pipes on hot water heater
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-- chimney seal, cap, & wrap
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+- gap sealant on gas exhaust
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+ - end screens on gas exhaust
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+- proper drainage valves on hot water heater
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- gutters left metal intact from previous gutters
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- - leaving visable gaps under the shingles that are large enough that small critters could enter the attic.
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-- missing downspouts on gutters
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-- hole in gutter to right of entrance
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-- water dripping along wood under upper gutter.
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-- leaking downspout connector entrance
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+ - leaving visible gaps under the shingles that are large enough that small critters could enter the attic.
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+ - missing downspouts on gutters
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+ - hole in gutter to right of entrance
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+ - water dripping along wood under upper gutter.
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+ - leaking downspout connector entrance
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- painting in spots
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- front doors - were measured but not follow up
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+- haul off
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+ - truss & doors
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+ - ladder from painters
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+- replace 3 gallons of exterior paint
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+ - or 2 since you're leaving two extra trim
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**Interior**
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-- missing closet lights
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+- electrical
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+ - missing closet lights
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+ - dimming led cans
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+- bathroom hardware
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- hvac ductwork
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-- damaged sliding doors
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-- broken hardware on bifold doors
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-- door hardware for bedroom
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-- missing foot boards and crown molding
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-- crooked wall in bedroom corner
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-- lots of bad drywall work
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- - tape marks in ceiling
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-- sliding door not caulked
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- broken shower wand tube
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-- downstairs ceiling repair from two separate leaks and jackhammer cracking
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-- downstairs bathroom paint
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- bathtub not properly installed
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- slides around
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-- no backsplash or water proofing on the wall of bathtub
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-- white caulk on bathtub faucet
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+ - no backsplash or water proofing on the wall of bathtub
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+ - white caulk on bathtub filler
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+- sliding door not caulked
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+ - sliding poor trim paint/stain
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+- ceiling fan
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- paint on tile floor
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+- damaged bi-fold doors
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+ - broken hardware on bifold doors
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+ - split wood on the base of doors
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+- door hardware for bedroom
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- cracked floor trim from carpet puller
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+- closet shelves needs to be split for attic
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+ - need to replace closet shelves
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+ - need latch on attic door
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+- missing baseboards and crown molding
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+- carpet doesn't meet baseboards
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+- dressing room
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+ - drawers/hardware
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+ - stained seat top
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+ - lighting
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+- lots of bad drywall work
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+ - crooked wall in bedroom corner
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+ - tape marks in ceiling
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+ - wavy at bed entrance - too many repair pieces
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+- downstairs ceiling repair from two separate leaks and jackhammer cracking
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+- downstairs bathroom paint
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+- stairwell trim paint baseboards
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+**Minor**
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+- window treatments
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+ - tub / vertical blinds
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+ - remove curtain rod
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+- tv mount
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## Management
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- Timeliness
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- slow pace - some contractors will work for just a couple of hours a day for a week.
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- took **over a year** to complete the project
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+- very little inspection of work
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- General contractor has only been by the site once to check up on work
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- after the trusses were installed
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-- Assistant to GC has only been on site to check on work five times
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+- Assistant to GC not on site often
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- once was after a leak
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- Not much supervision of subs
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- Communication lackluster
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- Broken Sewer Line
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- blowout line crushed by one of the haul off trucks or the lift equipment
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- Subcontractors
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- - contractor shit in our backyard - dog was eating something and noticed the roll of toilet paper
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+ - contractor 💩 in our backyard - dog was eating something and noticed the roll of toilet paper
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- contractors peeing in our driveway
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- contractor puked in the yard because he came hungover
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- left food trash in buckets upstairs that caused am indoor bug infestation
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+ - dumped rotten food in bushes
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+ - paint in bushes and on house in cleaning
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- had to drive over to GA to confirm quartz because couldn't get what was promised
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-- didn't communicate the schluter was horizontal and not vertical
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-- didn't fix cut drywall in downstairs bathroom for quite some time
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+- didn't fix cut drywall in downstairs bathroom for three months
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- left it open and we taped the piece back into it
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-- had contractors on site past normal working hours
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-- Contractor fishing in pond putting fish in bucket
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-- Requested payment before work was completed
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- - saying that you had 'had a lot of money' out there
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-- promised to charge costs on materials
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-- no accountability on the arrival or departure times of subs.
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+- contractors on site past normal working hours
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+- contractor fishing in pond putting fish in bucket
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## Craftsmanship
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- studio left without hardware for three months
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- leaking seal on pipe that ran into the wall and stained the ceiling on the floor below in both the den and downstairs bathroom
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-- hot water install mixed with cold water so we didn't have cold water for a couple days
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+- hot water install mixed with cold water
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+ - we didn't have cold water for a couple days
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- covered existing electrical outlets
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- didn't seal off area of drywall sanding
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- no ventilation or air treatment
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+ - didn't replace hvac intakes
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- installed tile inset the wrong direction
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- left hvac ducts unpatched for months. I finally patched them.
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- poured water under the house instead of piping it out
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- left a pile of debris in the yard for three months
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- left the old sliding door in the yard for a month
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- we personally hauled off several loads of trash
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-- popcorn ceiling has visible seam
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+- popcorn ceiling has visible seams
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- drywall not consistent or square in spots
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- dropping drywall at hvac intake
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- not square where the corners meet
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- didn't use the waterproof type throughout the bathroom
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- made patches where it should have been an entire board replaced
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- - only partial bathroom in water resistant
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- ripped out a closet that didn't need to be removed
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- threw away good materials and unnecessary demo
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- duct vents, bi-fold doors
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- broke glass into the yard by tossing shower doors over the ledge
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- didn't plug the two HVAC vents that were ducted into the closed ceiling
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- found a previously split truss just one truss back from what was installed
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+ - didn't mention it to us
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- left the extra truss in our yard for nine months
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- didn't patch the ceiling until months after the trusses installed
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- $600 heating cost to heat ceiling area
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+- didn't tile all the way to the ceiling in shower as requested
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- don't clean up after work
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- trash/food in yard, nails/metal in bushes
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- paint on window hardware
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- didn't install backing support for grab bar
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- spilled a heavy amount of paint thinner into the subfloor which then permeated the house for a week causing headaches and eye irritation. So potent that any heating element like our oven on the first floor gave off a lighter fluid smell for a week.
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- put the new carpet down before the contractors had finished the other work
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+ - carpet has visable seams
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+ - carpet doesn't extent far enough under baseboards
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## Billing
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