Wheels fall off the wagon

 

Well, things have slowed a bit on the house construction.  Everything has been going so splendidly, then the wheels fell off the wagon. The first issue came when the painter came to paint.  Turns out I didn't read the contract as closely as I should have.  Original contract called for 2 paint colors, not 2 per room.  Well I had about 13 colors and we were budgeted for 2.  Also we wanted the painter to use Benjamin Moore paint because we believe it is the best paint.  Change order came in at $3,000.  That's $250 per room counting hallways and utility rooms.  We felt it was excessive, but we wanted the colors and it was either pay now or pay later (and probably pay more) so we agreed to the CO.  When we got to the house on Friday most of the rooms were painted and the colors were close (except my office which was a yellow that looked like a child's nursery).  Problem... no Benjamin Moore paint cans- zero! but lots of Devoe.  So he charged us for BM and used a different brand.  Very annoyed but contractor was insisting that the painter told him he used BM.  We decided it wasn't worth the battle but that the color in my office needed to be changed to what I had picked.

THEN.....

 Remember how excited I was about my kitchen cabinets.  Well the cabinet maker went MIA on us.  He has been promising the contractor for over three weeks to deliver our cabinets and then we hear and see nothing.  Jay even drove by his shop today.  It was all locked up and he saw no cabinets inside.  On his way back to Dallas he called and told me.   I was so angry, but when he told me we are going to have to start over with a new cabinet maker, I just started to cry.  I don't have the plans for the original kitchen, because AJ never sent them to me.  I threw away all my pictures of what I wanted once we had completed the design and don't remember how everything was laid out.  Let's just say I had a total meltdown.  The kitchen was my special room, designed by me for me.  Like Jay's man palace it had all the things I wanted and even some things I hadn't thought of before.  Now it is going to delay the completion of the house by at least a month- so it's going to cost us more in interest charges plus it messes with us trying to sell our house!  It's not even safe for me to think about what I would like to have happen to AJ!!!!!!

I'm going to meet with the new cabinet maker tomorrow, but I'm just so depressed and angry who knows what I'll end up with!

Sorry no pictures this post!