Steps
This was a pretty low weekend as far as the project was concerned. Friday night Jill and I started going over everything and were quite alarmed to discover that the holes drilled for the cabinet pulls didn’t line up vertically or horizontally, and as a result all of the pulls were very noticably out of alignment. We spent a lot of time worrying over the issue and trying to come up with a resolution plan, and had ourselves worked up into quite a state.
Sunday we sent a note to David letting him know that we would need to meet with him before the work could continue, as we needed some reassurance that our concerns would be addressed.
The conversation went much better than I expected, and Jill and I felt better getting his committment that the job wouldn’t be complete until we were satisfied. He said that many of the items we were concerned about were on his list as well, but that he hadn’t had a chance to address them yet. As it turns out half of his small crew was out of pocket for very valid reasons - his son had been in a motorcycle accident, and his uncle’s mother had some serious medical concerns.
Long story short, they came out with guns blazing on Monday and Tuesday, and went a long way toward correcting many of the issues we had noted to date. There is still a lot of work yet to be done, but I think we have a little bit of a new perspective and a realization that despite how long it has taken, we must be patient as it is a very major project with many moving parts.
The bright side is that we are two meals in to our new kitchen, out stove was reinstalled yesterday and we made dinner last night and breakfast this morning. The fridge came in as well, and the dishwasher was adjusted and now seems to be working nicely.