re: FIL Dealing With Contractors

I believe most GC operate under a strategy of just to ignore you during the building process and you’ll eventually give up on everything but the most critical items or run out of time to argue. Our house had two exterior deck lights within 12 feet that were 6 inches off being level with each other. I told him when the holes where cut for electrical….nothing….after the brick ….still nothing….lights hung…nothing. He basically said then it was too difficult to change.

I had to postpone the closing and tell him I was going to walk for that and other shite to get fixed…which his guys did in an afternoon.

Same thing with the appliance cut outs for the cabinets. Same thing for the cabinet knob hole cut outs. Had several doors that swung the wrong way. I’ll never build another house if I can avoid it.