We have a new builder! Old builder is officially bankrupt! For legal reasons, we can't use any of the old sub-contractors or vendors for anything still left to do. So, we're picking out cabinets and appliances and plumbing fixtures ... again! Groovy.

And the tile that's already installed was installed badly. So we have to decide if we want to spend the money to tear it up, buy new materials and have it done right; or, do we want to wait until it starts to fall apart in a couple of years and then spend the money to tear it up, buy new materials and have it done right. Decisions...

And why did the bank approve so many payments to the former builder when the work he claimed was done was never done? Beats me! Lawyer is on it.

Had a long talk with the new builder about the strange elevation choice the last builder made when he put in the foundation. He said it would be easy to fix. Just demolish the existing garage, back-fill five feet or so around the foundation, add five feet of gravel, then build a new garage at the same elevation as the rest of the house! $50K! Easy!

Fer fuck's sake.

But at least we're approaching the point where they can start estimating the remaining cost. And maybe after that, they can start working on getting this thing done.