I don't want to make excuses for Jessie since I do think the reno is taking an unbelievably long time, but the renovations/construction sector is still facing issues. The lead time on ordering materials is still long, labour shortage, etc. I suspect the contractor and the folks actually doing the work are working on different projects instead of Jessie's house while they either wait for materials or for Jessie to make some decisions (who remembers when she agonized over the bookshelf design). I think to doodlebug's point, iirc this contractor is the same one that did the farmhouse, so makes sense why they'd only want this contractor to do the work, but also means less availability to actually do the work.