It's hard to get excited

We paid a visit to the house yesterday. The contractor had managed to get some work done on the exterior for a few days last week. There are still no services hooked up, so the plan was to get the exterior finished while we waited for heat and power. Unfortunately, the weather has not been cooperating and there have only been a handful of days (not back to back of course) that the weather has been warm enough to work on it.

There are a few areas of concern to be addressed with the contractor - all of which boil down to him not listening to what we want, and then going ahead with what he thinks is best without consulting us. We're staying on top of these issues as much as possible to ensure that they don't cost us all valuable time and money. It's hard to be excited about the end product when we're so caught up fighting over every little detail during the process.

On the plus side, having even a small amount of the siding on is a relief. I love the colour we chose, and I'm really happy with the upgraded materials. Once it's done it'll be more in keeping with the style of the house. I'm hoping that the weather is our friend this week, and that we can see alot more done when we pay another visit next weekend.