38, 39, 42

No, they're not the Pats' Dynasty numbers (God I hope you know what the right ones are for that.) The island cabinets were supposed to be installed 39" away from the wall cabinets. They were installed at 38". Since they had to remove and reinstall them anyway, I had asked for 42" instead.

Today upon my fathers' daily site visit, he encountered the cabinet installer, who told him that they would move them to 39", since it was their error, but to move to 42" they'd have to charge their hourly rate, since it wasn't in the plans. Now, they had to be moved anyway, but apparently 3 more inches is a monumental project. That said, my dad went to find out just how much labor was involved, and just how much it would cost. To no one's surprise, the GC head, (henceforth named Slimy for Oscar's pet worm on Sesame Street) told him that he wasn't sure what the hourly rate was, and wasn't sure how much time it would take to put the cabinet in 3 INCHES FROM WHERE IT WAS, and that it could be a couple of days before he figured it out. I should note that these cabinets aren't even installed yet, they are just sitting there on the floor, all that needed to be done was a measurement of 3 inches.

The floor is another issue. Supposedly it's being done tomorrow. Of course, it was supposed to have been done yesterday, but again, no surprise there. In what could only be described as a cost-cutting measure (again, no surprise, you should see some of the corners that have been cut, don't worry though, it'll all be documented) the flooring is being installed AROUND THE CABINETS. Yes, so the flooring installers have to work around cabinets so that (my guess) Krispy and Kreme can save a few bucks on the flooring they were trying to cheat the 1st floor out of in the 1st place.

Now, anyone that buys this place that wants to change the cabinet layout someday, will have to patch the flooring.

Supposedly, Black Magic Chimney finally got the fireplace ductwork right. We all know that's just too good to be true.

Tonight I'll snap some pictures through the glass doors so you can see where we're at after 20 months of waiting.