WHY?

This is more of a vent then anything else.


Why when you are doing a home renovation (in my case, it's the kitchen) does nobody know what the F*CK they are doing? I feel like I spend more time explaining things to people - PROFESSIONALS - than anything else.

The contractor does this but won't touch that. The plumber will do that but points at the contractor for this. The electrician will do most of what you would think he should do but put in and attach a range vent? Nope. The contractor does that and when you ask the contractor, he says the electrician does that. My husband did it with his brother in all but 20 minutes.

New stainless stove? Scratches all over the cook top surface. I'm covered for cosmetic issues within 30 days of delivery no questions asked, but it's been more than 30 days because today I finally have propane company here to install it (because plumber said he doesn't do that) and took plastic off and wham - scratches. Now I fight with them. That'll be a fun afternoon. Already had one of the doors to my fridge replaced because it came here with 2 noticeable dents. The repair guy for the area is a real treat too.

propane guy puts a new hose attachment that is about 3x larger than the old one and now the stove sticks out 4" from the wall. What's the solution? Ask your contractor to cut into the sheet rock to make way for the new hose. Great. DH already said he'll do it himself.

Forget about the cabinet issues. Chips, scratches, cracks. Replacement doors? Sure! Replacement doors come in WORSE than the original damaged ones.

We all know what happened to my rippled wood floors. I'm not having the refinished because my living room and hallway are too close to call if we sand another 2x to fix it. I will have them come back and buff out all the scratches these people made in my new floors and do an extra coat of poly to finish it.


Our next home will be renovated BEFORE we move in or I will take it the way it is. It's enough to give you an ulcer. It looks BEAUTIFUL but it has been nothing but a complete pain in my ass. I have no idea how people with children do these types of renovations. It's just me, DH and our dogs and it's been a nightmare.



Good luck to anyone thinking of doing a kitchen reno!!!




I feel a little better

oh and P.S. Just checked on my $1200 rebates from my appliances and they were declined because the claim made outside the time frame. I was told repeatedly from them that with new construction, they push it back as long as you call and update. i called every 2 weeks and they extended it each time with no issues. Now I'm hold for 15 minutes waiting for someone to answer the phone

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Wow!

I won't sugar coat it; that is a lotta $hit you are dealing with right now. The Rebate issue is just the damn icing on the !!!!!

Vent all you need; because this definitely needs its own Venting post!

I would be going Ape&hit; so KUDOS to you.

Eventually; this will all be behind you and like you said; a Beautiful Kitchen that you will very much enjoy comes out of it!

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This is why Dh does everything himself. We can't deal with these incompetent assholes. Nobody does the work the way he does because it's his own house. they all cut corners

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Posted by tray831


Wow!

I won't sugar coat it; that is a lotta $hit you are dealing with right now. The Rebate issue is just the damn icing on the !!!!!

Vent all you need; because this definitely needs its own Venting post!

I would be going Ape&hit; so KUDOS to you.

Eventually; this will all be behind you and like you said; a Beautiful Kitchen that you will very much enjoy comes out of it!

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I feel your pain. When we had our kitchen done everyone complained about the prior worker. They grumbled and make it seem like they were doing me a favor doing their job. Good think I love my kitchen bc I am never getting it redone. I hate my bathroom and currently have no desire to have it redone bc I don’t want to deal with the trades. My husband could probably do most of the work but he would drive me even more crazy than any workers.

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That made me laugh; because when our house was completely gutted; (at the time; we did most of it ourselves) that is all we ate were Bagged Salads and chicken on the BBQ and Take out. Those bagged salads were a life saver.

Hang in there! Be sure to post pics of this gorgeous kitchen when they are done!!! Can't wait to see it!!!

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Holy shit! That is beyond frustrating. So sorry.

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I KNOW!

We did pretty major renovations to our new house when we bought it last spring. Basically every single night I had to send an email with the list of issues we found wrong during construction. It was a nightmare.

Just last night I had the contractor back for the 5th or 6th time because we keep finding issues. Now my ceiling is peeling because the painter didn't put enough spackle over the edges...WHICH WE TOLD THEM AT THE TIME THEY DIDN'T USE ENOUGH!

It's a nightmare.

We have more work to do on the house and have luckily found another contractor that we like and trust. Now I just go straight to him for work. No pricing around or anything. Just do the work I want at a reasonable price in a reasonable time frame. It's not too much to ask.

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We just finished a kitchen reno 2 weeks ago and it was hard. My kids ate microwavable mac and cheese cups for days....The end result will be worth it!! Hang in there

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I totally feel your pain! Vent away, there is not much that can be done. I'm sure it will all be worth it in the end, but it sucks right now.

DH tries to do as much as he can to avoid this, but some of it is unavoidable. We can't even get a lot of companies to show up and give us a quote. It's insane the level of incompetence and unprofessional-ism out there. People shouldn't have to pay $$$$$$$$ just to get a job done correctly.

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oh, I FEEL YOU!!!!! SOOOOO frustrating!!!!!! we live in NJ and are adding a master "suite" (bedroom and bathroom) on to our house. we started A YEAR AGO!!!!! and we're STILL not in the new bedroom!!!! we have no new siding yet, there is a humungous trash mountain in our backyard because they're not sure how a truck would drop off a dumpster??? so--- my two ACTIVE boys could barefly use/ enjoy the yard all summer. we had my 2 boys bedroom furniture in our living room for about 5 MONTHS.
the GC apparently takes on WAY too many jobs at once, and doesn't have enough help. He has his uncle here doing all of the finish work- but its just him, so its taken him 2 MONTHS just to paint the walls and trim, and stain the new wood doors.... something that should've taken maybe 10 DAYS if they had the right crew! we were away for a week this summer and he was supposed to have the floor guy come in while we were gone-- NOPE, didn't happen until the last day, and then it was "could you stay out one more night while he finishes?!?!" are you KIDDING ME?!?!?!
we are just about to the one YEAR mark, and still all in shambles!!! its absolutely insanity!!! BUT, if we fire him, we know that another contractor would probably be similar :-/ and at least he does have one person here everyday working.... but it has been BEYOND frustrating, and we completely regret hiring this guy, and even starting the whole thing.... i'm way past the point of being excited about it :-/
ANYWAY- just saying i feel you, and i hope your situation gets sorted out!!!

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I feel your pain too. When we did our kitchen renovation, my husband would find all the things the contractor "forgot" or did wrong and we had to keep reminding them to fix it. Honestly some things my husband ended up doing himself because he couldn't take the incompetence or delay anymore. Wires run too short or in the wrong place, forgotten areas of insulation, forgetting to spackle places....the list goes on. It's like the contractor made more work for everyone because they couldn't just do it right the first time. For 3 months we ate bad expensive takeout on a tiny kids table in the play room. The memories still gives me stress and heartburn.

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Omg you guys! I’d like to say I’m glad I’m not the only one but I hate that other people are being tortured as well.
Why is this a thing? How do these people stay in business at all?!?!!?!! I don’t get it. I really don’t.

I’d like to add that our tile guy went MIA so now my dh called a friend who had work done last yea rand got the # of her tile guy. Now we wait for him to get over here to look at the job.

Maybe we’ll be done by New Years??
Hate it.