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Re: Home update

By: Decomposed in 6TH POPE | Recommend this post (0)
Sun, 11 Jun 23 3:58 PM | 38 view(s)
Boardmark this board | 6th Edition Pope Board 		Msg. 43373 of 58533
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My project manager / builder and my plumber have been at each other's throats for months. My builder told the plumber to finish his assigned work and then he'd be paid. Instead, the plumber submitted a bill and texted "I'm done with that job." My builder took that, along with the plumber's refusal to return, to mean that he'd quit. In later correspondence, the plumber texted the builder that he was speaking to his lawyer.

It's just as well that he quit as there were numerous jobs that had been done VERY poorly... and slowly... and even dangerously. (Pipes leading to nowhere, for instance. And an oil connection that leaks while the tank is being filled.) Other assignments, like installing an outside hot water tap and hooking up the dishwasher were never even begun... yet he claims that he's done? We know he's a good plumber, so we think that the sloppiness in his latter work was probably intentional.

So, that occurred in March. Three months have passed. My builder wrote to him to tell him officially to stay off the property. Last week the plumber finally wrote to me to complain, feign innocence and ask for payment of $1,400. I played dumb and wrote back that I needed to talk to the builder to see what's going on.

I don't think he's really spoken to a lawyer. For $1,400? That wouldn't make sense, but if he has, the time for civil discussion is already finished. I can't be up front with someone who's threatening to sue.

I've ordered a new shower door complete with installation from a professional and asked my builder to fix the other problems. My plan is to get those bills and pay the plumber the difference between $1,400 and what those "fixes" cost. I imagine he'll end up getting $500 or so IF he agrees. If he doesn't, he can just take it up in court. I think a fair judge would side with me.

This is the condition of the shower he installed. This is actually his FIX. The first shower door had three sliding panels and opened less than a foot. He was told to put in a swing door but left us instead with this two-door solution.















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Re: Home update
By: Decomposed in 6TH POPE
Tue, 06 Jun 23 11:46 PM 		Msg. 43220 of 58533

fizzy:

Re: “Is that the guest room? ”Unfortunately, no. That's the Master bedroom. While it's good sized, the two guest bedrooms are fairly small. We'll use one as an office and put a double bed into the other. If we have need for more than one bedroom, we've got a couple of futons that will probably live in the basement and our guests can sleep on them - maybe with a room divider if there are ever a LOT of guests. I don't see that happening. We don't get many visitors, and none of our friends have large families.

In the coming days, we'll be setting up those futons in the Master bedroom in order to have a place to sleep when we want to stay the night. I don't expect to move our large bedroom set for a while, maybe not even this year, and my wife intends to get rid of the captain's bed that's been in our son's room for as long as we've been here. It's rarely been used and only sleeps one.

Here's the Living room. The dark room behind the living room is the foyer.

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