IKEA is Rta - ready to assemble. IKEA cabinets have to be put together/assembled like most of their items. Nice list compiled. I would ask if the same ppl will be coming into the house to work. When new ppl are coming to house that u have not met, will u know in advance. Want to stay on top of your own safety. Unless things have changed, I think it's either automatic or easily seen in settings, but I thought as the original poster of the thread, you received a copy of those posts I sent u a private msg.

I was just going to add I'm glad your DH went and bought the actual BM Manchester Tan. I too have learned the hard way not to attempt to match BM paint colors with other brands. It's not that other brands don't have good paint, its the way BM colors are made. You can probably match just about any other paint brand color with a BM paint, but it really is not a good idea to take a BM paint color and match to a different brand. My BM Elmira White match with a SW paint turned out with ugly pink undertones which I didn't catch until everything had been painted and then it couldn't be undone. I've had to live with it for years thinking it was just not the right paint color only to get the actual BM paint and find that no, it was the SW match. The real BM color is beautiful and I will now be repainting with it unless I choose another color. It's frustrating because most painters work with SW paint because it is easy to find. But I love BM and will just have to pay up for it.

aok -- Oh, yes. The Maui cleaner's work had to have been going downhill for a while, but I didn't know it. He'd been so good for so long that when ONE guest complained about a broken lamp and some sandy beach chairs in September, I thought they were 'bargaining'. They complained, but said they'd like to return. All my other guests rated the condo 'clean', right though Christmas. I'd put that down to first-time visitors falling in love with Maui -- given what we found a few days after they'd left. When I said I sensed mold, I have to admit that I am super-sensitive to mold and dust. It didn't *look* all that bad, except for the woven wood slider shades that DH and I washed from top to bottom with bleach water. They were mostly just dirty on the bottom half of the interior sides -- dirt + humidity + heat inside the condo when it's closed up between guests. Exterior sides were fine; they get a sun bath every day. These have a rough surface that needs to be vacuumed regularly -- actually a big improvement on fabric drapes. Elmer -- I'm not sure what you are saying. On Maui the rate for a 1BR 2Bath at Maui Kamaole is pretty standardized -- now $100 per cleanout. Sometimes the cleaner can be in and out in under two hours after a 'clean guest'. I have also seen a cleaner haul hundreds of beer bottles to the dumpster. The painting company is charging over $10K, to paint about a third of the interior --with a third down. I did hold back $2K until we actually *saw* the job. Re: Painters. Since I missed seeing family on Easter, they came here yesterday for brunch -- and to let me 'measure and mark' the kids' growth on the back of the hall closet door. My smart DIL discovered more painting mistakes. Dry-wallers were to have repaired a floor to ceiling corner taping in the laundry area, but they only did so down TO the dryer -- and nobody painted the 'el' that is behind and beside the washer and dryer. I had been telling DH that I thought the kitchen and eating area walls looked 'greenish'. DIL noted that the top four inches of wall -- brushed on -- were indeed "BM San Diego Cream", but that the roller guys evidently only gave the rest of the walls one coat (over the preexisting light GREEN). I thought I was going to have to sedate my DH! This painting company has been in business for twenty years, with a good reputation. They were very accommodating about supplying color boards to help me select paint. The bid was somewhat higher than two others, but not by a lot. Suzieque -- The Maui cleaner insisted on returning the tip. He knew his crew's work had become shoddy. He knew I suffered a sinus infection *because* he and his crew failed to do the deep clean. They'd been receiving full pay for poor work for at least the last part of 2017, best I can guess. *The Cleaner* is KEY to running a vacation rental, -- especially because I advertise ours as having "Many Happy Returns". If we'd been guests, we would NEVER return after this winter's visit. I don't know how many 2017 guests will feel the same.

I'm not saying I'll kick him off the job at all. but if he doesn't act in a reasonable manner when I tell him that he can't charge me for airspace and provide a good reason why he needs more money, I have options. honestly I don't know anyone who is patient enough to wait 9-12 months past promised end date ... I'm very understanding and reasonable. but I think I've had enough BS and if he can't put the finishing touches on the house, which has been in this finishing phase for 9 months, I have got to get somebody else who can.