Week 2 - The big dig

What a shock! Had no idea there will be such a big dig in the Basement.
We had thought not much will be touched down there during the remodel!

where did the pile of dirt go?

Footings get built and then filled:

Some more pictures

Thursday, October 9, 2008 (1st week)
Calvin and team are charging ahead.

Day 2: Driveway is too steep? No problem, Our builder Calvin built himself a ramp by 10am:


Day 1: The BIG old hot tub got unceremonially chopped up and thrown away, we get the feeling, Calvin is not going to let much stop him :)


The intial work involves shoring up and adding to the foundation.

Proof of Work

Here's the picture proof of the work actually starting on October 3, 2008.

Joy beyond words

On Friday, Oct. 3, we went to the house after work and - I can hardly believe I'm finally writing this - work had begun on the house. I'm so happy I could cry. One year and four months of design, re-design, etc. and the first hammer has touched the first nail.

Some good news for a change

Our contractor has both our water permit and our building permit. THANK GOD!!!!! There's still lots of stuff to iron out (like the contract with Calvin!), but the construction can begin at any time. Calvin was at the house today parking his hauling trailer.

As I said in the last post, we'll never get there...

Ugh....

We got the water permit today. This allows us to get the building permit. However, the city now is mandating that we install fire sprinklers! My architect is going to get this mandate removed. But, of course, who knows how long this will take.

Asymptotically approaching construction start

Today the PODS people picked up our now full POD and took it off to their warehouse for 6 or 7 months. We also signed the f***ing deed restriction required by the MPWMD saying we'll only use politically correct appliances in our house. Hopefully, by the end of the week we'll be able to get our permits.

Oy vai....