I will say that the new wood floor should match.

I had patches done in a 60-year old floor and they match. The entire floor was refinished at the time which is cheating BUT it opens up to a hallway which did not get refinished (because I was living there!) and it matches perfectly.

Fori, thanks so much for chiming in. We also had wood floors added in the past, and the match is good. This is so far off. It is disappointing as I know there is no chance the wood floors can be redone. In addition to the color mismatch, there are tons of gaps in the floors. I am not sure what the remedy would be.

You're being way overly picky about the casing. It goes where it goes and doesn't get made wider just to touch a wall.

On the scale of screw ups we've seen here, on a scale of 10 you're at about a 2.

That off-center column is not acceptable.

I'd let the casing work go -- like Joseph says, it goes where it goes, and unless you get custom-milled trim work, the widths are standard.

It's unsual NOT to have gaps with baseboards here and there along the length of the floor -- they don't really bend; the only way to remedy that is with some sort of shoe moulding to cover the gap.

IDK about the paint -- you're right on top of it, but if you stand back a few feet, how bad is it, really?

Did you check the faucet out of the box and know for certain it wasn't scratched already?

Thanks for all of the input! A few follow-up questions:

Fori, any idea how we could fix the color of the floors to better match the other floors?

mxk3, what would you ask the contractor to do to address the off-center column?

Verbo, the new window was installed about 6-7 months ago at this point, but we just recently moved in. Would you be concerned with mold behind the wall at this point? It seems that the goop is there to cover up signs up leaking.

The pictures I shared (aside from one) are all in brand-new spaces that were added to the existing house. The painting, wood floor and trim work is much less finished looking than in the rest of our house, but I appreciate the feedback that my expectations might be too high.

I‘m not sure what you could do for the floor but with a lot of the other issues caulk and additional trim done properly will hide a multitude of sins

"mxk3, what would you ask the contractor to do to address the off-center column?"

That I do not know. Hopefully someone in the trades can chime in on that one.

Thanks, Anna! Based on the pictures, do you think I am reasonable to be disappointed in the finish work? Also, do the gaps in the wood floor look typical to you or too plentiful? I am heartened to hear that you think a lot of this could be fixed. Would you bring in a carpenter and/or painter or just one? Thanks again!

if you haven’t done so i would have the contractor out to do a walk through with you and point out all the issues shown here before you call anyone else. See what he comes up with to remedy the problems.

i think it was not as professional as it could have been and it wouldn’t have taken much effort to make it look more polished.

"there are tons of gaps in the floors"

Wood is hygroscopic, growing when humidity is high and shrinking when it's low. Your floor appears to be experiencing normal seasonal contraction. You can research this one issue further on Houzz since it's been thoroughly discussed. You may need to add humidity in your home for part of the year. An indoor thermo hygrometer should be purchased to see what your humidity levels are. If the floor gets too dry it could be damaged in addition to showing gaps.

Timothy, thanks for your feedback. We have wood floors throughout the rest of our house, and they don't show gaps like this: just some small seasonal gapping that I have seen in other houses too. These new floors are in rooms that open up to our existing rooms. It seems strange that we see gaps all across the new floors but not in the existing floors given that the humidity/temperature in the space is pretty much the same. I will research the topic further on Houzz, as you suggested.

Older seasoned floors will be lest apt to move as much as newer milled and surface floors, which is why you are seeing this issue mainly on the new floors. The older floors will move just not as much as it has acclimated to its surroundings over the years.

millworkman, thank you! This is very reassuring to hear. I don't remember this sort of movement from previous installs, but it sounds as if it is largely typical!

Honestly, I don't understand "American standards". I am from Europe and this kind a job wouldn't be acceptable even for average price project ( talking about quality of painting and caulking for example ). Most of my family who built houses in last 10 years and spent no " high end" money to do them have flawles job done, starting from painting, tiling to quality of interior doors, windows and kitchen cabinets. I am rolling my eyes looking at the projects done in this country and what people think it is acceptable. I am sorry it 😔 happend to You.