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I was stood up yesterday and today for the reno, so I reached out to the owner of the company to see what the heck was going on, to advise that there are a few issues with the paint and concrete that need to be addressed, and that I’m withholding funds until I see some of the big-ticket items that I paid for (cabinetry, sink, boiler).

Within an hour, the main contractor was here to deal with all the issues. He started going into detail about why I was stood up and I said that I really don’t care about why or even that there is a delay, I just don’t want to be stood up, especially now that my schedule is back to its normal levels of ludicrousness.

We then had a look at the concrete and paint issues. He agreed that the sink counter cracking was from the pounding as they were pulling out the rebar and he assures me that I won’t notice them when they’re done polishing. I have my doubts, but we’ll see. He said not to even think about paint at this point, but to plan on having a day where they guys are going to be standing by with a paint brush waiting for me to point them to areas that need work. So all of that is fine.

I also finally got a chance to see a hint of my cabinetry! He pulled out a sample of the wood, which was cedar, as promised. The stain he’d picked was fine. It wasn’t wow, but if he’d showed up with the cabinetry in that colour I would have been happy. He said he could go “up or down,” and I said that if it wasn’t too much work, I would like the colour just a titch darker to better match the island and sideboard, plus I think darker will offset some of that bright yellow. He said he can do that. We also had a look at the light switches that I want.

The plan is to do three full days next week, Tuesday, Wednesday, and then be done Thursday. I’m not holding them to that. 🙂

It’s nice to have a bit of a break. My cleaning fairy was here today so I get a lovely clean house for four days!

Back to work I go. I’m setting myself the goal of having the house all paid off by the end of the contract (18 months) rather than still having a couple three years to go on the mortgage. It’s not an unrealistic plan, but it will require discipline and my not doing any more renos! But I’m so renoed out that I think that’ll be easy. 🙂