After 233 ( aka 8 months) Long Drown Out , Agrivating, Frustrating, Time Consuming, Costly, Disarray, Ridiculous, unprofessional, Unacceptable, Days, the HALF of the bathroom and bedroom floor project, that I hired Tile Metrics for, is finally complete. No one should ever face what I did, especially after being a second time customer who referred 3 other jobs to them. That was a big mistake!!! I had gone with them, because my first project experience was fine after they fixed the 2 flaws that I pointed out. That project was 2 years prior, when it entailed the whole floor throughout the house and quartz for the kitchen counters. . What was different this time, was that the first project didn't include electric, plumbing, construction or something else that requires a county permit. If I knew what I know now, I would have never gone with them. Long story short, we agreed to have them in charge of our shower, bath, bench, and floors renovation that involved plumbing, demo, and construction. Permits were never ordered originally, because it wasnt requested from them or us. Things changed though, Once we got a violation notice in the mail from Seminole County and were required by the county to get them. We stopped all work at that point after finding that out. Ill admit, Permits were not ordered, because it was an option by them. Permits were not ordered, because we were told it would be more time consuming, and they could complete it faster if we didnt have to go that rout. . Permits were not ordered, because I thought their staff seemed knowledgeable about the work and we could save time and cost. Permits were not ordered, because I didnt know what would happen if I didnt get them, like I do today. This should have been a big red flag for me, once I got the violation notice. I should have fired them than. To me after reflecting back, it seems shady that they even allowed us that option. What I didnt know, is that without a permit your having a person doing illegal work, that could cost you more later. The consequences in the long run like this, has cost me, so much more. Those costly consequences being time, money, damage and possibly injury if someone gets hurt on the job. Remind you : it took 233 DAYS from when we started our project inside the house, till the last day they physically left our house. (August 15 2022- April 6th 2023 again 8 months) . Some examples of why you need a permit is because if you ever want to sell your property, you have to show proof that a licensed person did the work by the book vs. Doing it how they think it should get done without a record to show. By law when selling your property you have to have permits for plumber, construction, demo, electric and many other permit required projects or they will make you dig up the work to show it was done correctly /legally. They otherwise can make you hire a real licesenced worker to do the work, before the sale to the new owner, can be finalized. With that alone, costing you more in the long run. Another reason, is if damaged was done in reguards to that project or after that project and you made an insurance claim like flooding, the insurance may not cover it, if it wasnt done by a licensed worker to begin with. Thats a good excuse for the insurance to not cover the problem. These are All good reasons you should get a permit. After we got caught, Tile Metrics hired outside work with licenses and did get permits for all the required work that they were involved with. I wish I fired them though, as soon as we figured this all out because I dont imagine any other company taking 233 DAYS. Aka 8 months...I truley felt pushed to the side after the county became involved. We were lucky to see them or one of their outsourced companies once a week for an hour or 2 if at all. It was their unorganizing of the work that was so time consuming. Scheduling themselves or the outsourced work based when they had availablity rather than aiming to get it done sooner than 233 DAYS or 8 months. I would be curious if there would have been less accidents, had they seen the project from day to day vs. Week to week. Now everytime I walk in my master bathroom, I'm reminded how long it took to complete this . On the plus side the fact that they took so long to do the work, the flaws that were big eye sores were adressed. If your in need of tile they did an ok job on the floor but if your needing any permit requirment work, make sure they get one, for you or you should hire one who has that license to legally do it. From my opinion though of waiting 233 DAYS.. I would never have them be the coordinator of the project or renovation. read more