That looks pretty bad. What type of wood is that? Looks like it is a hardwood, possibly IPE. Did he do any prep prior to staining? Doesn't look like it. He should have stripped, cleaned, & then brighten prior to staining. The Woodrich stain website has some pretty good instructions & videos on how restoring a deck should be done. http://www.woodrich-brand.com/Woodrich_Brand_Deck_Cleaners_Sealers_and_Stains_s/37.htm Looks like it would need the HD-80 stripper/cleaner instead of the weaker EFC-38 light stripper/cleaner. Then use the Citralic brightener/neutralizer, then stain it. Woodrich makes a good stain for hardwoods, I like the Amaretto color. TWP116 rustic brown is also a very good stain.

Staging and adding color to curb appeal would go a long way. It looks like you got the decluttering thing down, but maybe a little too much--some rooms are a little too spartan and thus not very welcoming. My first impression after looking at the photos was: -The kitchen was updated, but the color and style clash with the table and there are no stools at the island. These things tell me that I will need to repaint either the kitchen or the rest of the house right off the bat to make them flow better. The table (while it would be going with you & not staying) gives the wrong feel to the otherwise modern kitchen & the green tablecloth has to go. The absence of stools at the island make me wonder if there is not enough room for the stools and the table in that space. The chandelier & light fixture don't look like they were updated (the pots hanging from the ceiling draw your eye upward so you definitely notice the lights)--check out the big box stores for some affordable, easy to install updates. Love the window treatments and that wonderfully large window! -Living & Dining rooms both feel very spartan and cold in the photos. Pulling the curtains back will help bring in more natural light and make it feel more welcoming & open. Is the dining room table centered in the room or pushed off center toward the window? It seems cramped at the window end which to me says the room is small and family dinners will be elbow to elbow. As mentioned above, too many different paint colors--the yellow doesn't do much for me & the white or pale blue in the living room is very cold. Framed prints on the walls and an area rug would go a long way to warming the rooms up. -Bedrooms need warming up too--more framed prints & an area rug needed. Slide the bed in the master over so its more centered in the room. The way it is now, it appears cramped. It looks like there is a tray ceiling in there too--an off center bed is negatively accentuated in this situation. The green curtains need to go and be replaced with neutral colored ones and again, pull them back to let in natural light to give an open welcoming feel. -Masterbath needs some warm welcoming touches too. Framed prints, some candles, strategically drape a folded towel along the edge of the tub, add a pretty container of bath salts to the tub corner, add a pretty window treatment to the window above the tub vs. the plastic mini-blinds. Warm, fuzzy, yet tasteful bath rugs will help too. The walls need some color. Make it feel like a spa environment-somewhere potential buyers would like to retreat to after a long day at work. Don't forget a handtowel on the towel ring! -Love the family room--maybe an area rug...that's it. -J&J bath--looks good. Add a framed print or two, a window treatment, fuzzy warm yet tasteful bath rug & hang the hand towel up. Choosing a nice neutral color of towel throughout all the baths would help too. Something in a fluffy white or beige to give that spa like feel would be good. -Laundry looks great--open the curtains. -Nursery looks great--maybe a framed print or two. -Exterior: Deck needs new coat of paint. The front looks a little tired. Adding some spots of color will help the curb appeal--a tall fat planter with colorful flowers on both corners of the porch, some colorful flowers planted in the beds, maybe a couple tall plants under the porch lights. another planter or two with plants and flowers on the back deck would help make it seem more welcoming too. It seems like you were working on updating the house and managed to get to the kitchen, family room, laundry, nursery & J&J bath. The rest appears to have not been updated since the house was built. While I love antiques, the furniture in the unupdated rooms with this scenario does not help. The obvious brass fixtures in the master bath scream 1980s and most if not all potential buyers are wondering how hard will it be to update them. You definitely have 3 vastly different styles going on in the house which can cause a major disconnect with potential buyers. If you were to repaint the kitchen, dining room, bedrooms, master bath & living room to more neutral colors (similar to family room & J&J bath) + update brass fixtures + add warming touches as outlined above to rooms for staging + exterior color and I think you could probably relist for the $290K in the spring and walk away with around $260-$250K. My BIL is a real estate agent and when we sold our house with him he even said not to tell him the absolute lowest price we were willing to take for the house. I can confidently say that repainted & staged well (including replacing a couple light fixtures, new comforter for DS's room, new bathroom stuff, quick exterior spruceup by adding color) when we sold our house. We listed the house $10K higher than the exact house down the street that sold a couple weeks earlier for a higher than average price for our neighborhood. We had an offer in 2 days and ended up with a bidding war between two potential buyers that ended on day 5 on the market. Trust me, potential buyers need to be able to see themselves living in your home and driving up to your home everyday--your staging makes all the difference. Good luck to you!

So sorry that you have this result. What ksc36 says is correct. They MAY have come from 2 different lots, but that isn't necessarily an absolute. Natural stone can come with great variation. We install lots of marble and the very first, and non-negotiable step is to remove ALL the tile from the boxes, separate it by shade, show the homeowner what you have, determine if any should NOT be used (return if possible). This requires that plenty of replacement tile is available (and then you need to repeat the process with the newly purchased). Next, as ksc36 stated, you lay out the entire floor to achieve the blend in shading that you desire, and you show the homeowner, and make any preferred adjustments. You will hear that installation of natural stone is more expensive and you are probably getting the jist of that. Now, as for your question, the answer is no. You can't treat some tiles to achieve a different shade. You can remove the undesirables and replace with new (the sooner after initial install, the better), but it sounds like they aren't available? If we had been given this tile, with no chance of obtaining more, and the customer wanted to find a way to go with it, we would have had an onsite "design discussion" and present some options. For example, IF there were enough of the white shade, it is possible to cut them and create a border at the perimeter so it looks planned (more labor $). It could also be possible to create a feature "rug" with the lighter tile, which again would be best accomplished by fabricating to a different size and/or laying them in a different orientation. The attached photo depicts the "idea". Note that this is also much more labor intensive. And yes, not all suppliers of natural stone are created equal. The lesser expensive suppliers can, not always, present an inferior product with more shade variation. But there is ALWAYS shade variation with natural stone. I might add that your installers appear to have skipped many of the steps described. Likely just pulled it out of the box and installed it. Why they would place the lighter shade in the manner they did is beyond me. Again, so sorry for your experience. I'm sure it is very frustrating.

How did you end up fixing this? I am in the midst of going to court cause of job that was done. The only reason I took it to the courts is because the owner kept saying he was going to come out and look at it…then he stopped answering or returning calls. Plus…the concrete is not even. I have been searching for ways to fix the stamped job. I have had 2 contractors offer me an estimate. Both stated to have the job broken up and completely re-done 🥴