After the tough dinner on Sunday, we went right into the home energy upgrades (insulation).
We had no choice in who we were going to hire. If we went with this program, we had to use a certain "approved" contractor.
Long story shorter. These guys were slobs. Of course, we'd expect a little mess whenever work happens in a house, but this was ridiculous. They left large gobs of cellulose insulation all over the house. The 2 attic access panels are blackened and nasty.
When they started, we weren't even sure how the job was going to go, so we hadn't had the chance to move furniture or protect our stuff from dust well.
I had no clue that when we hired these guys, we'd be left with the trash from the project to dispose of, and a house full of cleaning to do.
And I'm still grumpy about the bad dinner we had the other night.
I know, in the scheme of things, these are not real problems. When you're me, and you've got to spend the evening scrubbing down your house, well, I can become a bit unhinged.
Hopefully, they'll make it right.
Yesterday morning, this access panel was white. It's not just dirty. It's gouged. Thanks guys.
They left clumps of cellulose like this all over the house. You know that bristly thing on the end of a stick? Yeah. That's a broom. Use it.
and the saga continues...
See, that's another thing we had the benefit of; get "stuck" with one of the state's contractors (they had a few) or hire our own, and they *had* to honor the gov't price. Seeing as I'd met with the gov't guy twice, and he gave me tons of free cfl's (dimming ones, too!), I trusted him enough when he said their guys do quality work. And they did. Sorry you're having such a crappy experience though! :(
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