It’s Almost Over, Right?
We’re nearing completion on this LONG project. Electric is due to be turned on next week. Carpet installers are on deck for the new attic carpet. Fresh paint has been applied to the upstairs – and it looks so nice!
Filed under renovation | Comment (0)A Mother’s Day to Remember
Mother’s Day 2008….laying sod. Oh what fun! However, I’m glad to be out working and pushing this closer and closer to completion. Although JD and I are still annoyed that the city made us rip out the cement onsite, we do have to admit the grass and pavers look nice. Now we are just hoping the grass lives!
Filed under renovation | Comment (0)Making a Classic Memory
Yesterday was another visit to the shore house. We took in the new siding, which we think turned out great! It’s a darker blue, but it’s still “My Blue Heaven”. We tour the downstairs unit, which is looking good with the framing all done. The rooms certainly aren’t large, but they are enough for the shore – the beach is the real attraction! We also placed Ryan, Jackson and Frosty’s handprints in the concrete – making the classic home building memory.
Filed under renovation | Comment (0)The Money Pit
Remember the classic 80s movie where everything costs twice as much as estimated and the contractor keeps say “two weeks”? We’re living it! Not really, but the costs are adding up quickly (did you know they make tiles that are over $100 sqft – who buys those?). And we do love our contractor, he is JD’s brother after all. But it does seem like it’s going super slow! The city has four thousand inspections and their turnaround time leaves something to be desired.
Filed under renovation | Comment (0)Should We Be Watching This?
Today we packed up the the kids and drove to the shore for the big event….separating the house from the foundation. It was fairly early in the morning so I didn’t have a drink as I planned. Maybe I should’ve! They had already slid the steel beams through the house before we got there. As we arrived they were separating the house between the first and second floors with saws. Then they lifted it with a much smaller compressor than I would’ve imagined and at times, a hand jack! It was, all in all, much more low-tech than I imagined.
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