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Old 10-30-2012, 07:10 AM
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Kevin Blackburn just completed my lanai enclosure. He started the job on June 1st and I just handed him the final check yesterday as the job was completed last week, the end of October! We have a regular lanai (our home is a Lily), no stretch. We had sliding glass doors installed.
He never showed up during the day to check in with us or the subcontractors to see how things were moving along. He claimed that he was coming at 5:00 am to check in on the job. Unfortunately things did not go smoothly and one thing after another with poor communication as Kevin was only available by phone.
I felt that I was overseeing the subcontractors and if I saw something that wasn't right I would have to call him to report it.
This is not how I have worked with contractors in the past. If the job goes smoothly I suppose it works, but if there are issues you end up with a simple job that takes 4 months to complete.