Unproductive Start to the Week

MONDAY

Based on talking with the builder first thing this morning, the appliance guys were supposed to show up between 9:30 and noon, and the tile guy was coming in the afternoon.

The tile guy came out and redid some of the problem areas. He did clean up one of the areas, but the majority of the stuff that he redid didn't end up looking much better than it did before. He did patch some of the grout areas that had cracked over the weekend, which is kinda scary.

This afternoon everyone was gone, but we didn't know how usable things were, so we sent an email to the builder. He indicated that the stove should work, but the vent hood wasn't connected yet. We tried to light the stove, but it didn't work. We suspect that the gas is turned off.

Apparently there was a cosmetic part that needed to be ordered for the range, so the appliance guys didn't come out, and they are now scheduled for Thursday, once the part arrives.

The builder would like to get together tomorrow to go over what needs to be completed prior to final inspection. It's our understanding that they are supposed to do their walk-through and punchlist, then we are supposed to work with the architect to add to it. It would really be nice if they were to do some serious quality control and come up with a list that's even half as long as ours. But I'm not counting on it.

I've got some serious dread rising, as I'm expecting them to want to be off of this job and onto the next one. It seems unlikely that they'll start paying attention to detail at the end of the job, as opposed to just trying to rush through the punchlist. And I can imagine them tightening up and refusing to do anything that isn't specifically called out on the plans. But I'd rather have live in kitchen limbo for another month than accept a "new" kitchen with some parts that look like they were done by a weekend handyman.