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You have all dealt with this I'm sure

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Big paint project, many delays, I end up hooking up the HO's with a GC because the one they hired didn't show up to start the job. The GC I got for them is doing the electrical, drywall, plumbing etc.

What a clusterfu** of a job. They have a young guy doing the drywall and he is lost. The lead guy tells me the "walls are ready for paint." I go over them and find at least 50 poorly done areas. (Not enough mud, divots, missed spots, burned through into the tape, etc.), but, hey, I've been through this stuff before and I simply fix the areas and get on to the painting. So I fix the problems and put the first coats of paint on. I come back the next evening and there's patched areas EVERYWHERE! I mean, my God, I repaired their mess, they saw the walls were painted and yet they proceeded to fix spots that didn't need fixing.

I'm almost at the end of my rope. HO's want to move in at the end of the month. If these guys keep repairing areas that don't need it, it's going to take me TWO months to finish the painting. End of rant. I want to let them "have it" but the drywall guy is a veteran with PTSD. He actually saw buddies of his get blown up by an IED that he says he should have seen and warned them.
 
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At first, I was somewhat elated that the "carpenter" was going to fill nail holes and cracks. I can honestly say that I've only had one or 2 guys ever do that. You know, they usually "blow and go" leaving us painters to do the filling which is the way I like it.

This guy must have had ADHD because he would fill 2 or 3 holes and fill one crack on a window or door frame and forget to fill all the other ones. Essentially, I ended up doing them all anyway. I guess I don't understand the half-assed approach. Either do it all or do none of it.

I actually lost a big chunk of cash on this one. I gave a solid estimate but it was based on flying through it to meet the HO's move-in deadline. The contractors, who insisted I not come in until they were all done (yeah, right) are still not finished and the HO's moved in 2 weeks ago. I did all that I could do before they moved in and I'm moving on.......
 
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