This week was another frustrating one. Again, no need for pictures, since nothing changed! The crew didn't even show up most of this week. I think they came on Monday, but I'm not sure about that. Tuesday was W's birthday and it was spoiled by our contractor. It's been six weeks since we told them what tile we wanted for our master bath. On Tuesday, they finally admitted that they didn't place the order for our tile, after first trying to place the blame on Lowes. Apparently this type of thing is par for the course when working with contractors, but it blows my mind. In most occupations, this type of thing would ruin your business, but that doesn't seem to be the case for contractors.
However I will take this opportunity to tell anyone who's reading- never use or refer Maribel Construction. They're incompetent and irresponsible. Three more bath tiles popped off this week, a sure sign of poor installation. Maybe this will pop up on Google searching. I can hope. If only we could find a statue of the head sales guy, we would most certainly topple it. It may involve turning the troops against their leader, but I'm sure we could rally the crew. Sometimes a civil war is all it takes to get things moving. Ah, I feel better now that that's off my chest.
After the contractors declared "Mission Accomplished" prematurely this week and quit showing up, I'm hoping for a surge in troops next week before a draw down in January. We picked out a new tile (more expensive, but I don't care about that!) that matches the other tile, cabinet and vanity we selected- no small task. It should be in on Tuesday. The floors on the second floor should start Tuesday. And they should wrap up the decks as well. And if they don't show, W and I may revolt and start using their equipment as weapons against them.
It may be overly ambitious, but I'm really hoping to move out of the basement by Christmas. The gas smell still lingers and I'm tired of it. W and I started laying the foundation for the cabinets this weekend. I'm hoping we can get most of the cabinets up by Christmas too, although I'm resigned to the fact that we won't have a functioning kitchen with counters and appliances until 2008. But I'm taking it one step at a time- first a bedroom, then a kitchen. I think this time last year, I was hoping for a new pair of boots or something luxurious like that.
Keep your fingers crossed for progress this week.
