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Project 955--Orcas Island
Monday, November 26, 2007
Drastic Times
Posted by brandie
How does that saying go? Drastic times call for drastic measures.
After weeks of positive reports from the contractor, my partner and I visited the building site over the holiday. On the surface things looked good. But that was deceiving. After closer inspection, we realized the contractor and his team had somehow made the site look like it was progressing but no work was actually being done. In fact, the project is weeks behind schedule. The worst part came when we started comparing the materials bills against the materials on the site. Thousands of dollars worth of materials have been purchased and delivered to the site, but have not been used and are no longer at the site. We are now looking at a huge loss. We are weeks behind schedule and have paid for supplies that we don't have.
My business partner has decided to leave his full time position and become a full time project manager for our cabins. We fired our contactor. Over the next few weeks we will be attempting to recover our building supplies but in the mean time we will be purchasing new materials and moving this project forward with our own subcontractors. Hopefully this will be a turning point in our project.
Pictures will be posted as soon as there is progress to photograph.
Excavation/Foundation
11/26/2007 11:39:23 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Comments [1]
11/28/2007 10:35:03 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
That sounds terrible. After reading all your posts it seems that you got the log bug and rushed into an agreement with someone who couldn't provide the proper credentials.Sometimes it is best to hold back even though you are excited to get something going. The GC is the most important part of the puzzle. Good luck getting refunded.
Jerry
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