It was a sunny yet windy day. Following our routine start, we began to clean the house as Jamie and Olivia may be staying the night, depending on the outcome of the baseball games. I dusted and wiped down the slimed walls after taking a shower, while S vacuumed. We also made progress on the blog, uploading all photos and videos from Renn day. In addition, I started doing laundry, picked more radishes and created a punchless of tasks we need to do at rental. After a lunch of leftover goulash, S shocked the hot tub. As it filtered, we began installing the new bedroom light in Kaylin's room.
Just as we were set to install the light, Britt called at 12:30 to report that the gate wouldn't open. S drove down where the metal sensor functioned, allowing her entry. Unfortunately, the remotes and keypad had stopped working, he will trouble shoot later. B tacked up and began her ride. Meanwhile, we installed the bedroom light, removed the chandelier from our room, and relocated it to the upstairs spare room. This task presented several challenges, but we managed to overcome them. My role of assistant was to hold the lights, clean, and fetch and pass tools. I also was promoted to cable connector having more patience.
S identified the issue at the gate; darn mice had chewed through the receiver cable. Meanwhile, I carried on with laundry, cleaned the guest bathrooms, and made the beds. Britt used the blade on the house paddock while S scooped up the previously and currently picked piled manure into the skid steer bucket and disposed of it in the pit. B refilled the minerals/salt and moved the horses to the three open south paddocks, then left for home at 3:30. S was napping in the big brown chair after looking over the new blog posts. I worked on today's blog at the island.
Her hand gestures are the best
The contractors messaged they would NOT be working today as planned nor tomorrow so we headed to town at 4 to get some of our list done.
The sink was removed
and this area will need to be cut our and replaced with new board. I disgusting gunk around was soaked with cleaner but eventually had to be chiseled off with a putty knife.
The dishwasher was pulled out next as the counter is warped and will be reaffixed with a metal bracket. it was surprisingly not a grungy underneath as I anticipated.
The baseboard installation continues to befuddle us and frustrate us to the point of calling this out as unacceptable as well. Here are just a FEW examples of their craftsmanship .. or lack there of
when you screw up cuts just fill with goop
and apparently painting areas you left exposed and baseboard ends is optional
many areas do not even line up with edges and have no goop either
This is at base of stairs, not only is it not flush but the flooring has gaps too. and that paint job!
some were left not finished at all
and many outward corners like this will break a toe
Sheldon asked them to chamfer the edges, this is what we got
hmmmm, painting may not be their skillset either
How about this paint job?
The new fire alarm was installed.
while I finished the bannister edge. This was to have been painted white to match the other side of the stair rail but now will be left wood tone.
I vacuumed out all registers and swept the roof ones in the basement as well as all the cobwebs on all ceilings. Why would that not have been done prior to painting all walls is beyond me.
This is how they left the cabinet painting in kitchen claiming this is greasy. YES, all grease must be removed before painting and all cabinet areas must match, right? I scrubbed the grease off and added to there punch list to complete.
While up on the ladder S desired to vacuum the dust covered cabinet tops. Yes this is normal but not along the edge that was painted. We pointed out the thick layer of dust hanging over the edge a couple times to them emphasizing that you cannot paint over that. Obviously they just left it and painted around it.
Now pulling out the stove was what I expected and more!
The bathroom fan vent needed a good cleaning.. well actually it took a couple scrubs.
The first painted light fixture goes up.
And a bedroom boob light.
And the other painted light. It is now 8 pm and Jamie is on her way to our house after the ball games. We wrapped it up, took a drive thru DQ to grab something to eat on the drive home and headed south. They were waiting at the gate. Surprise, Quinn was along as well. The rest of the evening was enjoyed visiting. Liv called it a night around 10 with us all heading to bed around 11:30. Such a nice catchup with the Wagstaff's for sure.
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