Home Improvements

[Diomedes]

None of which gets Zanshin, his family, and their hairless dog a working kitchen, you goddamn jackasses.

[Sgt PSN]

If it's a working kitchen he wants, then he should probably hire another contractor to finish the job. And while they are working he should sue.

[PhillyPhreak54]

None of which gets Zanshin, his family, and their hairless dog a working kitchen, you goddamn jackasses.

No shtein, but revenge is also needed. And I hate to see people get screwed by jerkoff thieves.

[hbionic]

Go all the way and say you now believe that he hired legal mexicans...and that most legit contractors hire illegal mexicans.

At this point, I don't think he's going to be trusted to finish anything in the Zanshin Dojo.

[shorebird]

Okay, I'm getting screwed by a GC. Very long story short, we hired a guy (referred, and checked his references, etc) to do an addition on our house. The addition is mostly in place, but a lot of finish work remains. It was supposed to be done at the beginning of August at the latest.

Because of credits, etc. that the guy owes me, I don't owe enough left for it to be enough of a lever. In mid-August, the guy decided to change careers and went to business school in London. As soon as he left, his workers left, for the most part. I've been in contact with the guy often, and it's one excuse after another about getting his guys here the money they need to finish the job. At this point, I still don't have a working kitchen and I only have one working bathroom. It sucks. I went to pay this guy's brother a visit at his house (he's also an owner), but he's playing dumb and now they've dissolved the company.

I'm getting with a lawyer about it tomorrow, but I wanted to see if anyone here had a useful perspective.

Man, I feel for you bro'. No wonder people don't trust contractors. What a peice of shtein. I wish I had some kind of advice, but haven't had much experiance with this stuff. Seems the only thing you can do is go after the partner, even if the company is dissolved, you still have a unfinished contract with his name on it, correct? He should be held responsible.

[SunMo]

The first thing is to make sure you have documented your inquiries and requests to the original contractor.  Next, send a letter stating that you are contacting a lawyer and if the contractor does not remedy the situation by hiring someone to finish the work you will hire someone yourself and the costs you expend will become part of a lawsuit.

[shorebird]

Thats all fine and dandy if you haven't already emptied your bank account paying the guy for the work he hasn't done. Not to mention that the finsh work on kitchens and bathrooms is the most expensive deal in a house of any kind.

[Rome]

I'd send an invoice and a letter detailing the guy's thievery to his new school in London.

[SunMo]

Thats all fine and dandy if you haven't already emptied your bank account paying the guy for the work he hasn't done. Not to mention that the finsh work on kitchens and bathrooms is the most expensive deal in a house of any kind.

no shtein, it's a farged up situation no matter what.  he has to make sure that he has everything documented though.

and lawyer's aren't free, so he's spending extra money no matter what

[hbionic]

This is where having a wife like yeti's would come in handy. Literally.

[Zanshin]

I'm on board with all of this. I have an appointment with a lawyer set for Tuesday. I've already tracked down the guy's brother and scared the crap out of him, but I don't want to put myself in a bad legal position by doing anything more to him. I spoke to the guy in London and he swears that he now has the funds and is going to wire them in the morning UK time. I'll believe it when I see guys working.

[shorebird]

No, don't want that bad legal position, which means the five point palm exploding heart technique is out of the question. I know that you know that shtein.

[ice grillin you]

my refrigerator is not pumpin cold air....this is after it was left cracked open all night....did it just work to hard and kill itself?....or is this a normal thing for them to do after running for that long...like does it need to be reset or turned off and on or some shtein...obviously after being left open it will take a little time to get cold again but it was found open this morning....its less than three years old so it shouldnt have just broken but im thinking it blew up because of this

[General_Failure]

Oh, yeah, you just have to reset it. There's a little red button on the bottom.

[phattymatty]

drill a hole in it to release the pressure.