Proposal Review

We met with our contractor yesterday. Our potential contractor, I should say.

We discussed sinks, stainless v enameled cast iron, single v double bowl, colors of granite, handles on cabinets, 1hp v 3/4hp etc, etc.

Then we went through their proposal. It was pretty comprehensive but had some things in it I didn’t like.

• Although they were no longer going to move the south wall, they still were going to remove the clothes chute. We scratched that.
• “Customer is responsible for priming and painting of repaired drywall.” What? We’re having all this work done but they’re not going to paint the walls? Jill said that some people like to do their own painting. We eaplained that we are not some of those people (have you met us?!?).
• They are subcontracting the electrical and plumbing work. I asked to have those two items listed separately. We may want to choose our own contractors. They didn’t seem too keen on this, but is worth exploring.
• They did not include water to the refrigerator
• “Does not include any underlayment materials or labor to install…” I need an estimate of this cost.
• 110V plug for the microwave. This will probably have to be hard wired.
• Nothing is proposed for either the front or back entrance.
• Nothing is proposed for the radiators in the kitchen.

We’re not really that far apart, but these details need to be worked out. We’re meeting again this Thursday to discuss further.