We've waited over two years to have our kitchen floor re tiled, living with messy, cracked ceramic tiles which made the kitchen so scruffy.
When we hired the tiler we told him we wanted the areas under the washing machine and the fridge all tiled as well, right to the back and bought more than enough tiles and grout to cover the job.
On the day he finished the job I was surprised to see the washer and fridge freezer back in place as I would have expected them not to have been put back for a few days to allow the tile adhesive and grout to dry properly.
I then noticed as I looked along the side of the washer I could see 'bare' untiled floor along the outer edges so I pulled the washer out.
There was a cracked tile, loose tiles where they'd come unstuck and messy uneven bare untiled edges on both left and right sides.
The area under the fridge freezer seemed ok until I looked closer and saw the same bare edge and then tiles that had no grout at all.
Obviously we've complained and he's coming back to, hopefully, do it properly.
The thing is, I get the impression he thinks we are complaining over nothing as these are areas that you can't really see so does it really matter? He's not actually said this but I get that vibe.
I think it's irrelevant whether you can see them or not , they should be as good a standard as the area of floor that you can see.
He has made a good job of the rest of the floor so he CAN tile which makes it even more perplexing. I would have thought he would have more pride in his work if nothing else and want to do a good job,
He has really fantastic reviews on line and to be honest I can't say our whole experience of him was that great - he's done another job as well at the same time.
We did not get the job done cheap, we paid what we understand is a reasonable rate for size and type of job.
Am I really just being too fussy just wanted the standard to be good all over?