As promised I went and took some photos of the damage I mentioned yesterday.
I have no clue how they even damaged this as they shouldn't have been in this area of the house to begin with. This area was complete and ready to go till they did this, and I have no clue how it could have happened because there was nothing in this area to work on.
Now I am pretty sure I know what happened here along this wall. The end of the wall at the studs was slightly off and not and not square. I have come to the conclusion the guy they sent out had no clue what he was doing because a shim piece at the top was the fix for it then the drywall and trim being put into place, but instead they removed the trim and tried to remove the drywall and when that wasn't going to work they put up the trim piece and left the damage.
We found a new problem today
Pictures speak louder than words so let me just show you then I will comment on it.
Yes that is Ice
So since we don't have any utilities hooked up yet and there has never been any water ran through the pipes we know there is no burst pipes that caused this, so that means the roof isn't done correctly and when the snow on the roof melted some got into the walls and now the electrical panel will have to be defrosted and dried out at best and at worst replaced completely. I am livid.
My contact with the builder knows
I called my contact with the builder to let him know he is livid too. He promises that he will work on getting this fixed right away. Out of the people I have dealt with he seems to have his stuff together, but we will see how this plays out. I just want to move into my house. I can't keep affording to pay the interest on our home that we can't move into and rent. Thanks to Steemit we have been able to swing it so far. Thanks you to my readers without your upvote my family would be facing being homeless over all of this.
Unbelievable... and that electrical panel is - there are no words for that level of incompetence.
I am floored really kind of speechless, I got upset writing this post and had to stop posting the photos of the damage there are a few other issues and damage.
You're doing the best thing you can right now - documenting everything. At this point, in my book, the damage needs to be fixed properly and permanently, PLUS he should re-imburse you for all the charges you've incurred during the time you've been delayed.
Builder-dude is a trainwreck.
I am going to collect my thoughts tomorrow and document the rest I just couldn't get myself to finish it tonight.
Sounds like a plan...
Wow, that's a lot of crap to have to deal with. And cold weather doesn't get anyone moving faster, unfortunately.
Hopefully they get their act straightened up and all of these issues are fixed ASAP!
there are some other issues but I started to get upset so I just ended it with the ice stuff. Right now that is more important then the walls or even how none of the doors are right. And how they did the outside, I don't know if you saw my posts from yesterday but yeah I am so over this.
Yikes. I just caught up on your other 2 posts. That's a lot of unfortunate issues to deal with! I didn't know that so much had to go into building a home like that. I guess this is good information in case I ever decided to build something in a similar manner.
Had the builder never dealth with contractors in your area before? Is that possibly why you're encountering these issues? I know that's not an excuse.. but it could explain the reason for the poor attention to detail?
That is what my husband and I think that they don't have the people in place in this area that they claimed to have and they are hiring people who have no clue what they are doing but the builder is responsible and right now I feel like the main office is ignoring my calls. They didn't answer any of my calls when I called from my phone but answered on the 3rd ring when I used my sons phone to call.
Create a few Google Voice phone numbers if they keep ignoring you. It's easy to just use the google voice number from your phone (and it's free as long as you're not calling internationally). Also could be good to have a lawyer call from their office during your "free hour" or 30 minutes or whatever they give. Just to give them a little extra push.
You seem to have most of this covered though and have thought out how you want to move forward with any future delays. Sorry if my advice is uninvited. Feel free to ignore me :)
I love unsolicited advice because it makes me think of other perspectives. So feel free to give it when you have it.
On the positive side, at least you know that your home is going through some of the most extreme weather possible right now, so once these issues are resolved, you shouldn't have any new surprises with cold weather issues in the future!
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