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i found out that this is too large for small claims court. in california it is a $5K max per year.
so... i am seeing a lawyer tomorrow morning to help me compose a letter to the contractor, hopefully it will be sent on the lawyer's stationery with his letterhead.
if push comes to shove, i will send a copy of that letter along with a complaint form to the building contractors board.
it's been a full week now since we last saw or heard from the contractor when he told us he would have his 2nd bid within a couple days for us...
also i have been informed that the granite folks who installed our counters do in fact still have a couple slabs from the same lot. whew! one tiny bit of good news.
however, they will not sell the slabs to the contractor or anyone, because they are a granite fabrication & installation business, not a granite wholesaler.
my kitchen designer called the contractor asking why we haven't received a bid yet from him.
he told her because he needs to find out what the countertops were put down with.
duh... does it take a rocket scientist to figure out to pick up the telephone & call the folks who installed the granite?
as of yesterday the kitchen designer said the contractor was going to pick up a 6" x 6" sample of one of those slabs for ME to run around town to attempt to find a suitable match.
EXCUSE ME! that is NOT <i>my</i> job.
anyway, terribly sorry to hear that you've also experienced a bad time with your remodel, ARTelevision.
i don't understand how these people manage to stay in business. mind boggling.
also thanks, Cynthetiq. we have a lot more remodeling yet to do & you can safely bet it will all be carefully documented every step of the way.
i am now busy pulling together as much documentation as i possibly can for tomorrow's meeting with the lawyer.
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