We desperately need advice and recommendation regarding some very slow contractors that our building’s sponsor hired. In a nut shell, we live in a condo in a gut renovated brownstone (read new construction) with serious flaws. The sponsor has agreed to remedy the defects, and has hired a general contractor to do the job. So far, so good. One major issue requiring repair is a massive leak that comes from a green house atrium structure on the top floor of the building. When it rains, it literally pours buckets inside of our apartment. The leaks have been confined to one room, but all the sheetrock and insulation have been stripped in that room, and the water is collecting in a tarp the funnels into a bucket. So, one bedroom out of our two bedrooms is completely uninhabitable. (We have two kids.) Long story short, this has been going on since December, and the contractors still don’t even have a bid together. They claim to be unable to find a sufficiently qualified waterproofer to tackle the issue. Each week, some new emergency comes up and the contractors do now show up. Because we do not pay them, they don’t seem feel accountable to us. We’re nervous about insisting that the sponsor fire them, because it has already taken up so much time, and we fear an even greater delay. <\/p>\n
Apologies for the long winded explanation. I think the advice is going to be to find new contractors. <\/p>\n