They've finished the exterior painting. The wood floor is all in place, though it won't be sanded and poly'd for a while. The front steps are done. No cabinets yet.
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Today, they start the interior paint. We learned about this Thursday. So, we had to scramble to come up with paint colors, over the weekend.
The back and front porch ceilings were done with beadboard and some nice trim details, and we were hoping to do a natural poly finish on them - something like this. But, we discovered that the painters have now covered them with a thick layer of goopy white paint. Nobody asked us what we wanted, of course, and we didn't feel like we had to specify that they leave the ceilings alone, since they already looked awesome - why would we think they'd cover up all that nice wood?
They also installed a fireplace mantle/surround of their own design without asking us what we wanted. They just went ahead and did it.
The guy just wants to build his standard house exactly the way he builds all the rest. Lesson learned. Next time we build a house, we're going to specify every fucking thing; not a nail will be set without our approval.
Is the contract silent on these sorts of things, or is there some sort of catchall like “for all other items contractor will install/build/paint standard quality _____”?
Just wondering if you can make them do it over.
yeah, there’s a catch-all.
the problem is that we’d prefer to be asked about everything – at least cosmetic things. and the subs will sometimes call us about little details, but sometimes they won’t. sometimes they’ll make a big decision without asking, but other times, they will get us into a multi-day phone tag bout over something small. and some subs are much more into asking us about things than others. it’s all very inconsistent, and unorganized.
and the builder.. well, he’d be happy if we would just go away until he was ready to hand us the keys.
Next time!?
Every new house in Britain gets painted the same colour. Magnolia. It’s the law.
Next time!?
♬ don’t stop thinkin ’bout tomorrow ! ♫
Magnolia… yeah. builder’s beige. we’ve got some of that, too.