That looks nice, Mr. Fizz. I don't have a good bathtub. If I bring my own towels and bubbles, can I use yours?
We've had a number of crappy-construction house issues recently in addition to the bathrooms needing to be gutted.
Yesterday I pulled the handle of the silverware drawer and the drawer front came off in my hand, which was not prepared for the weight, and the corner swung down and hit my foot. Amazingly enough, I had shoes on (me, not barefoot?), or I've have been bruised at least. Turns out the cabinets are all particle board with a veneer, and our leaky faucet from last summer soaked into the it and made it swell until the joint failed on one side, and the weight of the falling drawer front undid the joint on the other side. We havin' fun yet?
We talk about what it would take to do all the repairs needed, about whether we could do any of the work ourselves, whether we could live here while contractors did it. (Only if we did not need to us the upstairs or a bathroom, ever.) And we talk about leaving the area when Mr. Maryn retires. Maybe we just fix what's unbearable and sell this lousy place.
Maryn, frustrated by low quality materials and workmanship