Thank you all so much!! Okay, that does it - I will ask them to fix both the uneven bricks and do something with the arch corners. Just didn't want to be one of those overly picky people. https://www.houzz.com/user/benjesbride - Yes, the part you outlined is the part to which I was referring. And I know I'd be just like your dad. https://www.houzz.com/user/redsilver - Thank you so much for the compliments about the color/hue combo! It means a lot to me as it was quite an ordeal to chose them; my most laborious choosing task of the whole house. And what a jerk you had! https://www.houzz.com/user/goluscombe - Thank you for the other example pictures. I was iffy on the archway but since so many of you were drawn to it first, I'll ask them to change that too. So.....to call the builder first thing in the morning.

At this point, the job ($4/sf for a BIG job with LOTS of things to do = awesome price) is finished. The cure is going to be worse than the disease. I'm a big fan of "Wait until you have a problem before throwing money/time at it." It is the cheapest solution I know of (I'm a pragmatist...who is both cheap AND lazy ;-P). My advice is this: leave it alone. Keep 10% 'extra' of the flooring product (roughly 75sf or to the nearest box). This will offer you the peace of mind and the material security you will need to feel secure. You will keep it in the back of your mind. You will know that IF something goes wrong you have ALL THE PRODUCT needed to repair/replace the damaged planks. With a laminate floor I wouldn't worry to much about a bit of bounce. People have 'put up with' bouncing laminate floors for 20 years (the SAME laminate they installed 20 years prior). That tells me the click system is fine. Your floor is a rigid vinyl (8mm thick = nice product). The rigidity of the core will help keep everything stable. The only weak point (as in everything in life) is the link (click edge) between one plank and another. This is the one and only place things *might go wrong. Now to be blunt, a rigid vinyl floor like yours can be taken apart and, "in theory", be clicked back together - BUT I don't like that idea. I really don't. We know the click-edge is delicate. We know that. We've seen them brake by grazing the ground before being installed. A vinyl floor that has been disassembled has a STRONG likelihood of DAMAGED edges. If the edge is damaged then there is almost no way you will get them back together. That means you will have to assume 25% damage should you choose to 'unzip' this floor to the point where it bounces. That leaves you with 75% intact flooring with 25% garbage planks (which must be replaced). As soon as you try to fix the subfloor underneath (by removing the flooring) you will have lost the 'intact' floor. You are guaranteed to spend MORE time, MORE money and MORE materials to deal with this. Compare that to 'leave it alone'. Right now you have 100% intact flooring. Every day you wake up to 100% intact floor is another day with a perfectly functional floor. Every day you have 100% intact floor is another day you have SAVED time, money and materials. Simply leave this floor alone until something MAKES you repair it. Keep your 5%-10% extra on hand for future repairs (and there will be future repairs). Use them if and when you need them.

@Tim Cleary "I am genuinely interested in knowing, and asked @GN Builders L.L.C what specific industry standards applied to cabinetry installation" I can see why you have no clue Charles because they don't write about it in "NAHB's Residential Construction Performance Guidelines for Professional Builders" or whatever other guidelines you need to function in the real world. To understand what industry standard is you need to have a little common sense, how about we start by having cabinet knobs level when installed... Do you think this could be applied to an industry-standard? Or having a precise cutout for an outlet instead of the hacked-up cabinet that someone just paid $500 for it? Wait a minute I forgot, according to you "it's not reasonable to apply the same quality standard to something that is not a $1 million custom home"....you're right... this is only a 60k kitchen remodeling, how dare she expects to have someone on a 60k remodeling project who knows how to read a ruler or how to use a level since it's not a "million-dollar job." Let's check a few more beauties that could fit basic industry-standard installations and I'm sure there are no performance guidelines written for it... Window installation here is a beauty, How dare this homeowner complain to a GC who made 5 wrong rough openings so he made his double-hung windows become sliding windows being it's only a 700k home. Some nerve on him. Here is another beauty, how dare this homeowner complain that his installer can't figure out a simple miter on his railing, there is no industry standard for that. Or this homeowner who has an incompetent plumber who has no clue how to connect his sink. Or this homeowner what right he has to complain that his newly pre-finished flooring might get damaged because it's not protected while all the cutting is being done on it? How about this, is there an industry standard that says the tile should be installed good side up, why not tell the customer this way it's better now you have a slip-proof floor? I can go on for hours showing you images of similar things that I take pictures of when I called to evaluate certain issues and I'm not showing you "entry-level" townhouses the work is them done much better because contractors get back charged for any screw-up they make... This is 700k and up homes that belong to people who work their A$$ off to have something they can call home and probably be paying for it for the rest of their life. So Charles, my dear friend :-) Welcome to reality, don't think a botched-up 10k job cannot happen in a million-dollar home ...don't you think that if there is no booklet with "performance guidelines" there are no industry standards that exist? How about a simple "standard of care" that every professional in any business should know and follow, just to name a few; cover the work area, protect your surroundings, use a level, read a ruler, not to mention respect someone's property. Homeowners have every right to expect and demand from people they hire to do their job the right way, and that goes for pros in any profession out there, you take someone's hard-earned money you better do your job and the result should be satisfying and a pleasure to look at it for as long as the homeowner owns the house or anything else for that matter.

These guys are going for speed. This may fly in new construction, but not remodels.