See, here's what gets me wishing I had Blixco's gun obsession.  When our agent called their agent to tell him, rather than bothering to act surprised he went immediately to the defensive.  All this garbage about how they installed a new breaker box which was above and beyond what we requested (the old one was just fine).  How they installed brand-new hard-wired smoke/CO alarms throughout the house, which was above and beyond what we had requested (the old ones were fine, and they installed the new ones (not ALR rated, FWIW) incorrectly).

Terrific, I tell my agent.  Imagine that you are buying a house and the inspector tells you the roof is in imminent danger of collapse, and will kill you and your family.  You move in and the sellers have installed beautiful Tuscan stone throughout the house, at two times the cost of a new roof.  But the roof is not done, and you notice that it's already collapsed (our new electrician found evidence of arcing inside an outlet box) in one corner.  What do you do?

He asked to speak with me.  I told our agent that I felt I should not, as he is likely to be named in our forthcoming lawsuit.  It was made clear to me, after all, that it was his electrician.  Cast a broad net.

So we have hired someone who will do the work and present us with an itemized bill.  The rest will be up to the courts, unless the sellers wish to give in before we get there.  Either way, we won't be waiting around for their answer again this time.

The floor is in, because I rule.  It looks about a thousand times better and the moldings aren't even on yet.