Window? What Window?

In addition to being the squeaky wheel and staying on to of the speed of the building, we have also learned that it is important to ensure that the correct things are being built or installed.  While they were framing the house, we noticed that they did not frame in one of the windows.

We pointed out the missing window to the builder and he had it installed.

Last Friday we went by the house to see the progress.  It was 6:30 p.m. and we were delighted to see a crew still working! You never want to disturb a working crew unless you are providing them with rations (more on that later).  We took a quick stroll with the dogs around the neighborhood and then sat in the shade and watched magic happen.  As they were covering the wall above the garage we noticed that they were covering over where the window was supposed to go.

Jordan went over to the crew, pointed to the lone window sitting in the garage (all the other windows were installed) and pointed to the wall they were working on.  The crew member either did not speak English or did not want to extend his Friday evening work hours because he pointed to the side of the house, as if to suggest that is where the window belonged.  He then proceeded to finish sheathing that wall and we emailed the builder.

Apparently, the crew does not like to make on the spot changes.  They would rather wait for someone else to notice the mistake and then put in a change order -- resulting in more money for them.  The window is now sitting in our garage with "Friday" written on it.  I think that means it will be installed on Friday.