We started having our outdoor kitchen made early October 2012. The cabinets were installed and the sink delivered. The BBQ and wok burner have been stored in the garage since July. And now, almost mid January nothing has changed.
The cabinet maker who did all our house ( plus various other projects of mine) quoted us a fee for the complete job - cabinets/granite top/stainless splashback. His stone person wanted to come out one Monday in November @ 8.00am but unfortunately it didnt suit us. We called him back asking if he could do after 4.00 that day but we didnt get a response till later in the week to tell us he is too busy now and to find someone else to do the job. Ok so i call the cabinet maker and he also told me he'll find someone else. So early december someone else calls me telling me they have the job to supply the stone and will call me later in the week to arrange samples. 2 weeks later ( and 1 week before christmas) still no call and little joy with the cabinet maker. So i ring around and found someone that could finish the job before christmas.
Anyway, out they come to measure up and they are not happy with the cabinets (see pic below) as in the are where the fridge goes they would like a vertical and horizontal panel to support the stone to as they dont trust the glues they use to hold the mitre join next to the heat of a BBQ. So I send a request to the cabinet maker to add these panels and he refuses to because of the cost ( mind you I have paid him for a complete job and on top of that I paid extra to someone else just to get a stone top before christmas which never happened).
So now the cabinet maker has dug his heels in saying I'm fully paid and his job is finished and i have paid a stone supplier who wants supports. I have called consumer affairs who have indicated that the joiner has a responsibility to finish the job but I do not want to go without these structural supports of they are required. And i have already paid $1900 more that what the job should have cost me.
Are there any joiners here that can offer some advice.
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