The Great Floor Debacle

It is OVER.  Our hate relationship with our floor issues is no longer.  We've been vindicated.

I'm not sure I ever blogged about this...while our beautiful bamboo floors were being put in they immediately began warping.  I will refrain from saying who sold them to us, who put them in, or our loving nicknames for both of them.  Thank you to our friend Gabe who directed us to the bond company to recoup our costs after 9 month of begging and demanding something be done. 

Pieces of the floor were ripped out over the course of that 9 months for tests and inspections.  An independent inspector came to our house and noted in their inspection report that the floor was improperly installed.  In May we were told the floor was being replaced.  We picked out a new floor and moved all of our furniture into from our great room to the family room.

They came and began the process and told us we had a busted pipe and that was what was wrong with the floor.  Funny since all of our pipes run through the attic and not our concrte slab.  They left a 100 sq ft hole cut into our floor.  We've been living out of our bedroom and kitchen since.  That's since MAY...it's now NOVEMBER!  I couldn't have the baby shower in our house because of that.  All those belly pics...taken in the middle of our 100 sq ft hole.  I kept hoping the next month would be different.

So after that, they refused to keep going and jerking us around...enter the California State Contractor's Board and the Bond Company.  The state of CA requires each licensed contractor carry a bond for instances like ours. 

After we had some more inspectors come out the house and be literally appalled with our situation...we've received a check for a full reimbursement of our floor plus the cost of removal plus the amount of money we spent to have a plumber come and check our pipes and confirm they ran through our attic, not a our concrete slab.

I hate to say this, but...Karma's a bitch suckas!  Hope to have the new floor in by Christmas.  Only hiccup is that the contractor's board may want to send one more inspector out to hopefully site the one who sold us the floor with  more infractions than the ones we've provided.

The floor installation originally began November 2008, finished February 2009.  Complaint reported to the one who sold us the floor August 2009...check received November 2010.  TWO years of floor misery...DONE!

Yes, Cookie is doing a happy dance.

Remodel

So I've been trying to hold out on an update until all of our current remodelling is done...it's still not done, but I got tired of waiting. You'll have to hold out for pics when it's all done, but here's a run down of what's going on...

We met a fabulous contractor who has helped us with our family room. We discovered it wasn't insulated (and even though we live in San Diego, yes it needs insulation). So he and his sister tore down all the panelling in the room and insulated and put up new dry wall. They wired some new lights and added some switches and painted the room. They even sanded and re-stained the beams on the ceiling...it's breath taking.

There are no pictures right now because we had to move everything from the living room to the family room so that our floors can be fixed. Yes, there is a whole floor saga that has been going on since last August because of the horrid floor people. They'll be starting to tear out our ruined floor and installing a new one next Tuesday so new pictures will have to wait until it's done...stay tuned!

Jamestown Court Demo

Here are the latest demo pics.

Hallway leading to the master bedroom:

BEFORE

AFTER

Half bathroom demo:

BEFORE
AFTER

Yard demo:
Ugly tree in the front yard - BEFORE

AFTER - It's still standing, but I couldn't take it anymore and cut as many limbs as I could.

Front Yard:

BEFORE

No really AFTER, but IN PROCESS: