Where To Begin?

We just returned home after a three week absence. One of those weeks was cruising the Caribbean, while the other two were visiting our daughter and family in Houston. We really had no idea what to expect in regards to progress on the project. Our east neighbor had sent us a photo of the brick work on the garage after they had finished cleaning it. We also knew that the solar people had been working on the inverters.

We had hoped the cupolas would have been installed, the bricking completed, the stone window sills installed, the roofing finally completed, the solar installation completed, the staining of the sunroom completed, the east slab and garage approach apron poured, the garage doors installed, move the existing AC condensers to the east slab, ...just to name a few.

We will need to discuss with (Our) Mike tomorrow to determine the status of everything, but here is what we can see.

• Brick work
• The brick on the garage and sunroom has been installed. The garage looks finished, but the sunroom still needs to be cleaned. The window sills on the garage and sunroom are not installed. There are still 2,500 bricks sitting in the front yard. 

• Garage doors
• Not installed, but we had a call from the Overhead Door company waiting for us. They said the doors had arrived and they thought we had decided to have someone else install them. What a bunch of goofs! Before we left, we twice told them that we expected to be out of town when the doors arrived and that they should contact Mike (gave them his number) to coordinate the installation. We will call them tomorrow.
• Staining
• The staining of the interior wood surfaces has supposedly be completed. T briefly spoke with Mike during our drive home on Saturday and Mike told her he thought she was really going to like the results. The window casings do look very good. I was much less impressed with the ceiling and trusses. T agreed it is darker than we had expected and it looks splotchy. T thinks it will be fine. I am not impressed.
• Mike also installed all the plywood wall coverings in the sunroom. I had not expected that to be completed, but it is good.

• Mike also completed the east side of the connecting porch exterior.

• Solar Inverters
• After we had left town, three weeks ago, but before we left the country, we got a call from Mike telling us that the inverters had been installed but not as we had requested. He said he was reaching out to Betsy to discuss. Not knowing if Betsy was still around, I sent a note to Eric (VP at the solar company) telling him that we had agreed to have the inverters installed in a particular fashion. Eric said he would take care of the situation. Upon returning last night, it has not been corrected.

• East slab and garage approach apron. Nothing done. However, there are new utility locator flags in the front and back yards. This might indicate the landscapers are preparing to do something.
• Cupolas not installed. They have been moved however. The large on to the garage and the smaller one to the basement.
• Roofers. It appears the roofers were here to address the flashing on the connecting porch. There is no indication they have completed the flashing around the southeast chimney.