Reinstatement of wall units

The wall units were put back up on Thursday. They look smart but then again the wall itself is a better backdrop now anyway.

BUT...

when I climbed up to see on top of the cupboard, I found that the fuse switchbox for the extractor, although now out of sight, was just left lying on top of the cupboard with about 10 inches of wiring trailing out of the wall like the entrails of a ritual sacrifice. And the wiring for the extractor which now has a decent socket on it behind the extractor, had been fastened to the fusebox wire with a bit of yellow tape. I'm not a leccy but that just doesn't look right.

The Fire Officer who did the home safety inspection today (Monday) basically said that if the electrics had been left like that in his home he'd play merry hell. Natch.

There is also a gap between the back of the end wall unit and the wall - I can fit my fingers in behind it. The wall just isn't flat. Fitter4 said they'd order in a wider end panel and tailor it so it does give a smooth finish... They wouldn't have said anything if I'd not mentioned it. This is my point. None of these fitters has been proactive in resolving snags before we've mentioned them. That could be down to either laziness/apathy, policy or pressured adherence to work schedules, who knows. The plasterer who last week assured me that the wall was now flat is himself an ex- MFI fitter's apprentice (Fitter3 to be precise) who had decided to specialise in plastering rather than fitting.

We are waiting to find out when the fitters will return to put right the base units. If indeed they ever will. I suspect they may have changed their minds: they expressed concern last week at how exactly they are going to do the worktop jointing. This is a good example of the gap in MFI between design and capability. If it is not possible to effectively joint a worktop where a sink has been designed in, then the designers should not be designing plans that have sinks at integral joints.

As the customer, we were promised a sink in that corner and that is what we expect. With a professionally finished joint. We have, after all, already been missold on the wall units which do not meet our brief.