Progress & The Coast's Most Wanted Criminals

A sub of the sub of our contractor built the cinderblock walls for the front and back porches. We were impressed when the crew leader came out and made them tear down a wall and rebuild it. We didn't even know what the problem was, but were thrilled to have something substandard get fixed without us having to point it out. Then the next day, the crew left just before lunch with the job finished - if you didn't mind that the wall wasn't straight or level. It was another 4 or 5 days before the crew leader came back out, agreed that the wall was garbage, and had the top two rows of blocks fixed. You can see the repaired wall in the picture. Two steps forward, one step back. Then there was a rush to get the dirt inside the walls and compacted so that the other crew could pour concrete. Which never happened (it did rain a little the day they were supposed to pour). So now the lack of poured porches is starting to delay the deck and stair construction. Maybe tomorrow...Eduardo and crew started framing last week. Because they couldn't work on the decks, David had to scramble to finalize details and materials for the interior walls. The crew worked on Thanksgiving, which worked out ok since Thanksgiving at Diane's wasn't until late afternoon.
Lastly, Michael Patrick Serge (the old contractor) is one of the Gulf Coast's 12 most wanted criminals!