Problems

Well we had to know that things were going to well. Everyone warned us that there would be problems and while we knew it was likely, it was going so well we thought we would buck the odds.
After the cupboards, membrane and NuHeat 2 and 1/2 weeks ago pretty much nothing has been done. The granite we selected wasn't available at 2 of the places we went to and since we actually do have to work for a living it took a while to get to somewhere we could look at it. We have it now but...
Then we ran into some contractor issues. Not a shock to those of you who have done renos but still disheartening. The painters (you remember them the ones who caused the flood) actually did a really bad job painting and they used semi-gloss everywhere. What were they thinking? In addition they are not planning on coming back until the very end. We all know how tricky it is painting around all the woodwork in our homes and since Susan and I are quite picky about the paint job (since we will be looking at it for a long time) we have decided we will just paint it ourselves. This way it will be done before anything else gets installed and we know it will be done right. Add to that some cost overruns and a couple of surprises regarding decisions they made without talking to us and the last 2 weeks have resulted in not a lot of work done. We think it is all pretty much good now. We will paint this weekend, finish varnishing all the woodwork we have stored in Marni and Meg's garage and the next round will begin. Stay tuned I am sure things will start to happen now.