YELLOW BRICK ROAD

So you know how I felt all better when last I blogged? When was that... yesterday? Maybe two days ago? Well, while our contractor was fixing everything ("no problem") he came across a few more things that needed fixing. This is what you call an "ADD". The new things he found were on the outside of the house so NOW he CAN'T match the paint (as he said he would in the contract we signed). Now we need to have the outside of the house painted rather than power sprayed. Is there an additional cost for painting the outside of the house? Oh don't be silly! OF COURSE there's an additional cost. Is there a "subtract" for NOT power spraying (as first agreed upon) ... hmmm... no, I don't see a subtraction from the original price anywhere.

OK, so he says he's gonna give us "a deal" on painting the outside of the house. He's going to help us out... he's got a bunch of paint in his garage that he'll "let us have" to save on the cost of the paint and he'll only charge us labor. But we have no idea what color the paint is. He says he can "work with us"... what does that mean? He says he can mix some of it and he'll make sure to get a neutral color palette for us. We agree under the condition that we see and approve of the colors... afterall - he's saving us money! (Such a nice guy!)

So today we were suppose to meet him at Medallion at 10:00am but he calls and says he's running late. OK. (hmmm)

He calls around 11:30am and says he'll meet us there in half an hour. We get there and the "neutral palette" is YELLOW. No... not yellow ... YELLOW!!! Can you say "Yellow Brick Road"? (Ok, that might be a little harsh... still it was VERY YELLOW) And he's painting the trim brown. Talk about YICK! (Sponge says it's just two shades of baby poop) But that's not all... he's already had the guys paint one side of the house!!!!!!!!!! I was beside myself. SERIOUSLY! Me, myself and I were ALL speechless!

So I count to ten and take a breath and ask what our choices are at this point. "Well if you don't like it we can fix it". OK... feeling a little better. This is how we can fix it... WE can go buy paint but by the time we do it'll be too late for the painters to do the house today. Sooo in addition to the cost of the paint we'll also need to pay for another day's labor (because these guys already showed up on the jobsite and it's not fair to not pay them for NOT painting because WE don't have any paint for them).

You know, I don't have a lot of experience at this but somehow, scheduling the painters today and having them do an entire side of the house with paint that was not approved, and then charging us for an entire day while they don't paint anything else, just doesn't seem quite right in my head. Is it me? AM I HORMONAL???

Repeat this after me... there are A LOT of out-takes on "Flip This House" and "Designed To Sell" that we don't see!!!!!!!!