Showing posts with label house. Show all posts
Showing posts with label house. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Much ado about... a sink

Okay, the reason we're not moving into the new house until next week, and the reason there was so much stress and waiting on the closing, was that the sinks were too short.
I know that might not sound like a big deal to some, but it is to me. Chris didn't notice because he's so tall that all sinks are short.
It bothered me when they first got but in, but no one listened/believed me. I finally got to measure the sinks in the new house, the ones in our current rental, and the ones in the model home. The sinks in the new house were 2.5-3 inches shorter than the rest. I tried to tell people, but they just brushed me off.
Finally, the day before closing, I told them we weren't going to close unless they promised to solve this problem. I didn't expect them to fix it that day, I just wanted a contract stating that they would soon fix it.
There was much arguing that I wasn't directly a part of. They tried offering us installation of fans, and grannet to put as a breakfast bar. I said "those are great, but I still want the sinks fixed... In fact I just want the sinks fixed. I don't care about the other stuff. We were planning on doing that ourselves anyway."
They finally, begrudgingly, agreed. But they said we couldn't move anything in until they were completely done, for liability sake. We agreed, it makes sense.
I just hate that it took me being so bitchy for it to get fixed. I'll just be glad when we can get moved in and unpacked.

Sunday, July 01, 2007

Plumbers


So I've got this plumber that did a great job fixing my toilets and leaky sink. I had to hire him because my original plumber wouldn't work with me, and he agreed to pay for another guy to come in and do the work. But now he's saying he's not going to pay me the 325 the other guys charged me. Frankly it's bull shit.
This Alex guy, the one who said he'd come out and fix everything, but never did, is refusing to pay me back even though I have him recorded on my voicemail saying that he would. He's going back on his word and frankly I can't afford to not get the money. I mean, that's almost half my monthly morgage! He wasn't doing his job, and he told me to get someone else and that he'd pay for him to do the work, and now he's saying he's not going to pay for it. Grrrr... I hate people who take advantage of me. It's just not right. He seemed like such a nice person, but now he just seems like a bastard. I left him a message saying that I'd be by his work expecting the check. But that's because he's always avoiding me, and I need that money! It's not fair that he takes advantage of me. Grrr... sorry, I'm so tired of this crap. I just want to sleep and get this settled. I don't want to have to take him to court, but he's completely in the wrong about this stuff. Grrrr