Siding
The siding went up (mostly) in July. We chose a cedar shingle for the front of the house. We’re using board-and-baton down the sides and in the back to save money. That grey trim will get painted white eventually. We really like the color variation from shingle-to-shingle, and we hope that the dark brown stain we’ve chosen will allow some of that to come through.
The siders themselves have been a royal pain in the ass, however. Not showing up for work when they say they will, not bothering to measure things very carefully, and so on. They came back this past week to fix all the stuff they messed up and ended up leaving this afternoon declaring themselves to be done. Now, our general contractor will have to finish the stuff they didn’t do and charge them back for it.
We’re changing the combination on the key box.