To avoid any confusion
Anne and I decided to write this blog to chronicle the ups and downs of our two-month kitchen project. We’d heard so many stories, both positive and negative, about other home improvement projects, and we figured that our own project would have a pretty interesting story by the time we were done as well.
We’re now two weeks in and there’s been a lot of progress. It’s exciting to come home each day and look at what’s been done, even if it’s just new plumbing or electrical wiring. That excitement offsets the inconvenience of not having a kitchen. Not all days have the same excitement, however. Sometimes nothing happens, because of weather or subcontractor schedules or something else out of our control.
Yesterday, we came home and were not happy with the work that had been done. It was the first time this has happened. I immediately called George and talked through the issues, and he agreed to go over everything with the electrician to make sure it all gets done the way we want it in the end. These were not catastrophic issues, just a bump in the road.
It’s easy to read last night’s post and assume that we’re not happy with the people working on the project. That’s not the case at all. I wasn’t happy with some assumptions that were made and the process which led to work that will have to be re-done. We are happy with the project overall and the amount and quality of work done to this point.
I just wanted to clarify some of the sentiments of my last post and mention that the electrical issues are being sorted out. Rain wiped out the vent installation that was scheduled to happen today, so there’s nothing else to report. Much more to be done next week.