Friday, November 7, 2008

Inspection time, week 4??? (my time to vent!)

Well not a lot of progress on the house since the last posting unfortunately. The contractor failed the first plumbing inspection two weeks ago and is now scheduled for his second attempt this coming Wednesday. The electrical inspection passed last Thursday, luckily my father was at the house to let the inspector in. Once the plumbing passes on Wednesday, the contractor will call and schedule for the framing and HVAC inspection to happen. Overall I am extremely concerned at the lack of progress on the part of the Contractor. He did not pass the first inspection and then was unable to schedule a second inspection until I basically did it for him on Wednesday. Of course the Contractor is saying it's the government of DC's fault by not answering their phones and not returning their messages.

The good is my Dad is here and as always is working his tail off. It's been really nice drinking beer with Grandpa at night and talking about everything. The kids and Yeny also love spending time with him. Since he has been here, he has finished installing the gas fireplace, installed the molding on the front of the house (pics soon!), fixed all the lighting locations, and patched the heck out of the roof. The Contractor cuts a big hole in the roof and then expects us to fix the hole since it's not in the contract. Again I know everyone is saying "you get what you pay for!"

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