Remodeling hell...

[t-bob]

My contractor, who been doing the concrete, tile, and plumbing portion of the bathroom remodel, and caused a leak that cost 2800 bucks to repair the damage to floors and walls, agreed to fix it at his expense, as he should.
However, he threw a fit (because he's not being paid) and walked out with about 60% of the job done, never to return. My son's coming home on Friday, and I'll be hiring someone to finish. I am so pissed.
I used this guy many times before with no problems, and unfortunately, he is unlicensed. A 10K job is likely to cost well over 20K now.
I know. Hire licensed contractors. Except I do remodeling work for people as well and I'm not licensed either, but I keep my commitments, and fix any mistakes I make at my own expense.
Add the pneumonia to this mix and it makes it much worse. There's alot I physically can't do now.
And the Giants are losing... it's early, I guess.

[Don Clark]

Yep.....that's very much worth whining about.

[omaha]

That sucks. Feel free to whine. You're paying for it.

[Village Idiot]

At least whining is free. I can feel your anger, Tbob. That really and truly bites.

[RickW]

Ouch. Nothing like flushing good money after bad. And it's not something you can put off now, is it?

[patrick]

Oh.

I thought you got hired by this guy for a makeover:



Sorry to hear about your troubles. That's why I end up doing so much remodeling stuff on my own.

[Deleted]

He got bent because he wasn't paid before the job was complete??

That really stinks, Bob.

Tom

[AlanC]

We are very fortunate that our contractor is an old friend from high school. We worked together on our office and never had a problem as we are both fair minded. I hired him to build a large lean-to type shed for the company four wheelers and boats. I paid him time and materials and by some estimates saved close to 10K. We hired him to do the remodel on our house the same way. The subs gave estimates; he worked T&M. The wife is very happy with everything and that's all that matters.

[Doug]

The wife is very happy with everything and that's all that matters.

If Mama ain't happy no one is happy.