This is the quote and her reply before they left.

Owner wrote:

Also pls let me know ASAP if they will start working on 10/31.  So they need to be here by 10/30 night. Tnx.

On Oct 25, 2013, at 2:24 PM,borisg wrote:

> Dear xxxx:
>
> Here is a detailed list:
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> 1. Small Bathroom
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> remove and tile floor, paint room, replace and install toilet, faucet, vanity.
>
> 2. Kitchen: repair water damaged ceiling, paint room. Additional work may be needed to fix any plumbing leakage.
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> Labor for above: $1000.
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> 3. Remove carpet and refinish stair steps and hallway area up.
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> If wood condition is decent, just refinish with poly: $150.
> If wood condition is poor, need sanding before stain and poly. Hallway: $1.5 sqf + $1/linear foot corners and edges. Steps: $20 per step.
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This is the email I received from owner upon receiving my e-mail for the quote

Here are two  things I want to point out,
 
A. She got them to rip out the old shower to gutted 2x4s, drywall, tile new shower pan, wall, and ceiling, for merely $100 more, which is significantly more than what I listed about item 1.  If you have done so you should know.

B. I had in previous communications explained to her that the contractor would have a hard time accepting the floor job for under $1.5 per sqf, because of removal of old carpet, pad, and countless staples for god-knows how many times  the floor had been carpeted. She did not object that. Anybody who had a floor job knows contractors add extra old carpet removal and surface prepartion, She cut them to $1 and no charge for steps(how many steps? 12? 13?), not only for the hallway she claimed very small, but for several other rooms totalled about 6-700 sqf. I don't know if they get paid for putting in quarter round trim and paint.

There are other jobs that they negociated there which I was not aware of.

As for the owner's claim that some installations were not correct, since there are so many conflicting statement from both sides, I have no reason to trust such claim more than other statement she made. I am sorry, if I suspect you have been lying on issue x, you might as well be lying on issue B. The photos show some spot of slopyness in workmanship, but not sufficient to make me to determine the overall project which covers 3 levels and 1600 sqf.

所有跟帖： 

• 一地鸡毛， 有啥意思。 私下不能解决，又不能上法庭的，认栽最decent. -FHZM- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 18:55:09

• 人工太便宜了。 我也在大纽约，这是home depot外零工的价。既然图便宜，就要有一定的上升空间。 -Buyhouse- ♀ (274 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:10:26

• 真的很便宜了。不过，我更在意的是活如何？ -云中飞燕- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:16:38

• 瞧，燕子在Houston都说太便宜。 -borisg- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:21:31

• 真的很便宜了。令我吃惊。 -yhr- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:43:11

• A should 3/sq， about 250。B 可以找hd，安装费99。 -sweetptt- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:21:29

• 99 for sanding and refinishing 600 sqf ? -borisg- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:24:12

• $1.5/sq sand, publish 应该是非常便宜了。这个很花时间的，每道工序都费时 -qiaoshe- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:32:52

• 再给你砍到$1,让工头咋挣钱。 -borisg- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:35:01

• 老美要$3。5/sq -qiaoshe- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:40:45

• 应该说波大价格是非常合理的。能理解波大感受。好像这里牵扯到不少人。看来你要不看僧面看佛面。 -qiaoshe- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:22:51

• 巧姐您要知道，他们还要贴两天时间赶路啊。 -borisg- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:26:34

• 真象葫芦兄说的，挣的是辛苦钱。 -qiaoshe- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:34:24

• 这些活我都是亲自动手干过的。花的体力和时间我基本上是有切身体会的。 -baohulu- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:36:31

• Same here. -qiaoshe- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:42:05

• 价钱非常便宜。挣得是辛苦钱。 -baohulu- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:30:56

• co：价钱非常便宜。挣得是辛苦钱。 -yhr- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/14/2013 postreply 19:44:48