Family!
Well, let me just say to myself "I told you so."
I knew this was going to happen. Trying to make a long story short, we had redone our kitchen before in our old house and were doing this one over. We went to Home Depot before and bought Kraftmaid cabinets and the the designer there designed it for us and it was beautiful! That kitchen really is what sold our house. All the comments we got, we KNOW that is what sold the house. So here we go again. My brother brags for over a year about how he can get me a better deal through his guy (he is a contractor.) And he told me he needed jobs as he was hurting for money. A lot of people backed out of projects. So we get initial design from Home Depot. He comes down, measures and gets design from his guy. He did give us some really good advice and the original design was modified. We agreed to pay him $300/day for his labor. So between the window, the kitchen and some other work, we were figuring 2 weeks, which comes out to $3000. No problem. But his guy's quote came in $2000 more! And that is not including 6% sales tax and shipping! (his supplier is in PA, which has 6% sales tax. We live in DE with no sales tax. So buying from his guy is another $780 vs buying from Lowes or Home Depot in DE.) So this is almost $3000 difference!
It turned out to be lots of screaming and cursing last night. He called us liars and backstabbers. he has a right to make money, blah, blah, blah. It got mean and hurtful. He makes a big deal about how family is important to him. And I told him he is siding with a business acquaintance over his own sister. If he was a few hundred dollars more, we would have gone with him and just paid it. He yells about how he has to make money. Well whether we order from Home Depot or his guy, he is still making $3,000 off us! How could he say he is not making money?
I was so afraid this was going to happen. He really needs the money and I would just as soon give it to him. We even asked him if he wanted to do the floor and we would pay him labor for that too! The agreement from the beginning was that we wanted to pay for our own supplies/materials. (Paul wants the miles on the credit card.)
I am so hurt and so frustrated. Appliances are coming in end of July and now no cabinets ordered. I told Paul, just go to Lowes and order them. I told my brother last night in a text that he owed us an apology. Hopefully, if he comes around by the end of July when the stuff comes in, he can still install the cabinets and make the money. Otherwise I will have to hire someone else. For that matter, my husband can do it. he and his cousin did the last house. It just took him months.
Ugh! here we go again! I should learn my lesson not to mix family with money. But we have the money and he needed the work.
I knew this was going to happen. Trying to make a long story short, we had redone our kitchen before in our old house and were doing this one over. We went to Home Depot before and bought Kraftmaid cabinets and the the designer there designed it for us and it was beautiful! That kitchen really is what sold our house. All the comments we got, we KNOW that is what sold the house. So here we go again. My brother brags for over a year about how he can get me a better deal through his guy (he is a contractor.) And he told me he needed jobs as he was hurting for money. A lot of people backed out of projects. So we get initial design from Home Depot. He comes down, measures and gets design from his guy. He did give us some really good advice and the original design was modified. We agreed to pay him $300/day for his labor. So between the window, the kitchen and some other work, we were figuring 2 weeks, which comes out to $3000. No problem. But his guy's quote came in $2000 more! And that is not including 6% sales tax and shipping! (his supplier is in PA, which has 6% sales tax. We live in DE with no sales tax. So buying from his guy is another $780 vs buying from Lowes or Home Depot in DE.) So this is almost $3000 difference!
It turned out to be lots of screaming and cursing last night. He called us liars and backstabbers. he has a right to make money, blah, blah, blah. It got mean and hurtful. He makes a big deal about how family is important to him. And I told him he is siding with a business acquaintance over his own sister. If he was a few hundred dollars more, we would have gone with him and just paid it. He yells about how he has to make money. Well whether we order from Home Depot or his guy, he is still making $3,000 off us! How could he say he is not making money?
I was so afraid this was going to happen. He really needs the money and I would just as soon give it to him. We even asked him if he wanted to do the floor and we would pay him labor for that too! The agreement from the beginning was that we wanted to pay for our own supplies/materials. (Paul wants the miles on the credit card.)
I am so hurt and so frustrated. Appliances are coming in end of July and now no cabinets ordered. I told Paul, just go to Lowes and order them. I told my brother last night in a text that he owed us an apology. Hopefully, if he comes around by the end of July when the stuff comes in, he can still install the cabinets and make the money. Otherwise I will have to hire someone else. For that matter, my husband can do it. he and his cousin did the last house. It just took him months.
Ugh! here we go again! I should learn my lesson not to mix family with money. But we have the money and he needed the work.
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