So you’ll know the rest of the story…
A few months back I started a thread about our remodel and the GC who disappeared. Several of you responded so I thought I’d let you know how it turned out.
Cliff Popejoy, FHB author, electrician extraordinaire and all round nice person, came to my rescue. He spent three days here undoing a lot of mistakes, fixing them, finishing up work and teaching me a little about electricity in the process.
He also referred me to another all round nice person to address the finish carpentry and list of other stuff that’s always left at the end of a job. Turns out this guy is an engineer, designs and builds homes, and just happens to run the local building inspection department. Talk about being overqualifed for my job.
Anyway, between the two of them, along with some elbow grease on my part, we have finished the job. And it’s beautiful! The inspector came today and aside from the kitchen sink vent stack (which I never noticed was never connected…duh), everything passed with flying colors.
Thank you Cliff! The definition of “fine homebuilding” may be open to interpretation, but I don’t think there’s any question about the “fine people” who are associated with Breaktime.
“A completed home is a listed home.”
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Congratulations on the completion of your project! I hope that the work of these fine gentlemen has rekindled your trust of all of us as tradespeople and craftsmen! Remember, there are a lot of us out here that are concerned with doing a timely and quality job, not just grabbing your money and slapping some materials together. We're sometimes just caught under the reigns of inefficient managers and deceptive business owners we sometimes work for.
Quality before Quantity
Thanks for letting us know how it all turned out. Glad it was a happy ending.
I always wanted to be a procrastinator