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Issues

We've had some hiccups along the way, so I just wanted to start list of issues we've had with the general contractor and sub contractors so they're not forgotten in case we need it.

Management

  • General contractor has only been by the site once to check up on work - after the trusses were installed
  • Assistant to GC has only been by four times
    • got upset when we requested that a sub look at the broken sewer line
  • Not much supervision of subs
  • Communication lackluster
    • quotes and invoicing incomplete
    • requested payment before work was completed
  • Timeliness
    • slow pace - some contractors will work for just a couple of hours a day for a week.
  • Broken Sewer Line
    • blowout line crushed by one of the haul off trucks or the lift equipment
  • Subcontractors
    • contractor shit in our backyard - dog was eating something and noticed the roll of toilet paper
    • contractors peeing in our driveway
    • contractor puked in the yard because he came hungover
    • left food trash in buckets upstairs that caused a bug infestation
  • had to drive over to GA to confirm quartz because couldn't get what was promised

Craftsmanship

  • left a pile of debris in the yard for three months
  • left the old sliding door in the yard for two months
  • we personally hauled off several loads of trash
  • drywall not consistent or square in spots
    • dropping drywall at hvac intake
    • not square where the corners meet
    • didn't use the waterproof type throughout the bathroom
    • make patches where it should have been an entire board replaced
  • ripped out a closet that didn't need to be removed
  • threw away good materials and unnecessary demo
    • duct vents, bi-fold doors
  • broke glass into the yard by tossing shower doors over the ledge
  • didn't plug the two HVAC vents that were ducted into the closed ceiling
  • didn't patch the ceiling until months after the trusses installed
    • $600 heating cost to heat ceiling area
  • don't clean up after work
    • sawdust in the drive
    • trash in yard
  • broken hardware on bifold doors
  • paint on tile floor

Costs

  • Requested payment before work was completed
    • saying that y'all 'had a lot of money' out there
  • promissed to charge costs on materials