Breaking up with Contractor

[Anonymous]

I have had enough with a contractor hired to refinish the floors in my new home. He has had 3 weeks and hasn't finished sanding. He doesn't show up when he says and only works for a few hours at a time. He said the painters were the reason why he couldn't work (even though they were working on a different floor) so I asked them to stay away for a week so he could finish. My move-in date is fast approaching and I don't think he can be done before that time. Best way to tell him not to come back? I feel like taking a week off of work and doing it ourselves at this point or trying to hire another company to finish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have had enough with a contractor hired to refinish the floors in my new home. He has had 3 weeks and hasn't finished sanding. He doesn't show up when he says and only works for a few hours at a time. He said the painters were the reason why he couldn't work (even though they were working on a different floor) so I asked them to stay away for a week so he could finish. My move-in date is fast approaching and I don't think he can be done before that time. Best way to tell him not to come back? I feel like taking a week off of work and doing it ourselves at this point or trying to hire another company to finish.

Definitely time to let him go. Look carefully at your contract for guidance on money that has to be paid for whatever work he has done thus far. Hopefully you can get someone lined up soon to finish the job.

[Anonymous]

I can see why he wouldn't want to sand floors when there's painting going on (dust would get into the paint). But three weeks to sand is crazy. It had my whole house done in 5 days.