butterfly 17
Ideal_Rock
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Hi guys, as some of you know, I bought a new house a few months ago and since then everything has been going nicely. We''ve settled in fairly well and have had virtually no problems.
We''ve also pretty much finished with the furniture shopping as the only room I really needed to furnish was my family room (kept all the old furniture from the old house) and my older daughters room, which I furnished with a set that I have had my eye on for so long and even posted about in furniture lust.
So, the problem is the backyard. When we first moved, the backyard was completely empty. Basically a retangle with just grass. My husband got this brilliant idea
that we would put an inground pool in and do pavers for a patio and pavers in the front of the house for our driveway and walkways. I only wanted the pavers, but he insisted on the pool and we decided to just do it while we had the money and could afford it.
We went ahead and got an estimate for both from a few different people and decided on who had the better prices and work and signed contracts for both. The pool was put in in August in one weeks time. Perfect except that the guy still has to give me some money back for screwing up my sprinklers and install some valves. Fine.
The paver guy on the other hand is killing me. I can''t take it anymore. To begin with, we signed contract with him on June 25th. He told us he would get the pavers in two weeks and the work would be done in 7 days.
As of yet, he still has not even put down the pavers. It''s been almost 3 months. Every time I speak to him, he says he will come tomorrow and then he never shows up. He always has an excuse. Either he is sick or his men didn''t show up or my sprinklers need to be fixed first.
And he doesn''t bother to call when he doesn''t show up either! I wind up calling him around 12, then he says he will come at 1 then around 3 I call when I see he hasn''t shown and sometimes he doesn''t even bother to pick up the phone.
I have already paid him more than 2/3rds of the payment in cash, with receipts of course. Two weeks ago he put down the cement and it splattered on parts of my windows, fence, siding and stucco. It''s also on the street right in front of my driveway. He said he would clean it up but as of yet, he still hasn''t shown up. He keeps saying the pavers are coming but I still don''t see them in front of my house.
On top of this, my neighbor complained to me yesterday that he just noticed that the cement has splattered in the front of his car
and now he is mad at my paver guy and wants a word with him.
It finally got the point that today, I powerwashed off some of the cement stuck to my stucco because I was afraid it would stay forever.
Not to mention that the Cherry Blossom tree that they were supposed to replant on the side of my house, they removed it from my driveway, looks dead, because they never came back when they promised to replant it. They finished removing my driveway on a Friday ( two months back) and said they were coming back on Monday and would replant it for me then. They didn''t come back for 3 weeks!!! In the meantime, I didn''t realize that the tree had to be planted right away and by the time I did realize it, it had shriveled up, and even though we did plant it by Wednesday. it''s dead.
And that''s not to mention my sprinklers. Everytime they do some digging, they damage my sprinkler connections. To the point that I have already paid $615 to have them repaired. One of the sprinklers was damaged from the pool guy so at least he told me he would pay that for me. But the other damage is from this guy''s workers and everytime they dig, there''s another leak and I have had to call the sprinkler guy 4 times already because one of the paver guy''s excuses is that he can''t finish the job because the sprinkler need to be fixed.
Finally I told him that every time I do have the sprinklers fixed, they start digging again and damage them again. Then he tells me if it''s damaged he can''t work until it''s fixed, so it''s like a never ending story.
I don''t know how to get this guy to complete the work. My neighbor asked me again today when he was going to show up so he could talk the the guy about the cement on his car. I told him it was supposed to be today, but he never showed up again!!!!
He seemed like a reputable guy, since I moved in I have seem him do two other homes on my block on my side of the street and he did a couple of other homes on our block and his work is impressive.
I am not sure how to proceed with him anymore.....Help!
We''ve also pretty much finished with the furniture shopping as the only room I really needed to furnish was my family room (kept all the old furniture from the old house) and my older daughters room, which I furnished with a set that I have had my eye on for so long and even posted about in furniture lust.
So, the problem is the backyard. When we first moved, the backyard was completely empty. Basically a retangle with just grass. My husband got this brilliant idea
We went ahead and got an estimate for both from a few different people and decided on who had the better prices and work and signed contracts for both. The pool was put in in August in one weeks time. Perfect except that the guy still has to give me some money back for screwing up my sprinklers and install some valves. Fine.
The paver guy on the other hand is killing me. I can''t take it anymore. To begin with, we signed contract with him on June 25th. He told us he would get the pavers in two weeks and the work would be done in 7 days.
As of yet, he still has not even put down the pavers. It''s been almost 3 months. Every time I speak to him, he says he will come tomorrow and then he never shows up. He always has an excuse. Either he is sick or his men didn''t show up or my sprinklers need to be fixed first.
And he doesn''t bother to call when he doesn''t show up either! I wind up calling him around 12, then he says he will come at 1 then around 3 I call when I see he hasn''t shown and sometimes he doesn''t even bother to pick up the phone.
I have already paid him more than 2/3rds of the payment in cash, with receipts of course. Two weeks ago he put down the cement and it splattered on parts of my windows, fence, siding and stucco. It''s also on the street right in front of my driveway. He said he would clean it up but as of yet, he still hasn''t shown up. He keeps saying the pavers are coming but I still don''t see them in front of my house.
On top of this, my neighbor complained to me yesterday that he just noticed that the cement has splattered in the front of his car
It finally got the point that today, I powerwashed off some of the cement stuck to my stucco because I was afraid it would stay forever.
Not to mention that the Cherry Blossom tree that they were supposed to replant on the side of my house, they removed it from my driveway, looks dead, because they never came back when they promised to replant it. They finished removing my driveway on a Friday ( two months back) and said they were coming back on Monday and would replant it for me then. They didn''t come back for 3 weeks!!! In the meantime, I didn''t realize that the tree had to be planted right away and by the time I did realize it, it had shriveled up, and even though we did plant it by Wednesday. it''s dead.
And that''s not to mention my sprinklers. Everytime they do some digging, they damage my sprinkler connections. To the point that I have already paid $615 to have them repaired. One of the sprinklers was damaged from the pool guy so at least he told me he would pay that for me. But the other damage is from this guy''s workers and everytime they dig, there''s another leak and I have had to call the sprinkler guy 4 times already because one of the paver guy''s excuses is that he can''t finish the job because the sprinkler need to be fixed.
Finally I told him that every time I do have the sprinklers fixed, they start digging again and damage them again. Then he tells me if it''s damaged he can''t work until it''s fixed, so it''s like a never ending story.
I don''t know how to get this guy to complete the work. My neighbor asked me again today when he was going to show up so he could talk the the guy about the cement on his car. I told him it was supposed to be today, but he never showed up again!!!!
He seemed like a reputable guy, since I moved in I have seem him do two other homes on my block on my side of the street and he did a couple of other homes on our block and his work is impressive.
I am not sure how to proceed with him anymore.....Help!
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