Team Krebs Delivers

The pre-submittal work is now completed. Steve Krebs says "I'm real happy with this project." :)

According to Steve, the next step is to wait for the plan corrections and in the meantime we can work on:

1. interior finishes and the 3D interior model
   
2. get together with Calvin and bring him up to date with the project
   
3. also get his input on any particular way he would like to build structural connections
   

I can't wait for my new kitchen!!!

My new kitchen will have a massive BlueStar cooktop. Last night, I got a chance to cook on one at a BlueStar event. Click here for pictures.

Update: BlueStar has posted about the event.

Very cool!

Some 3D Renderings from Krebs Design:




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Status

Design
The rolling comedy show that is our Remodel Project continues ;) Thankfully, everything seems to be back on track. Steve Krebs is making great progress. We've had a soil engineer out to the house and have a signed contract with an engineer. Steve is making some changes to the design. In particular, the gable/roof over the addition will most likely change. Here's a rendering of it.

Steve believes that his design work and the engineering should be done by the end of June. Fingers crossed!

Moving
Rita and I have officially moved into our temporary apartment. Thanks go to Sandra McCauley for recommending Josh Vining. He and his partner were very nice and did a great job.

Contractor
We spent the afternoon with Steve Milne looking at some of his projects. He's a very nice man and we were very impressed with his work. Steve Krebs brother, Calvin, is a contractor and he built a house for a friend of ours. So, we're also considering him. We will also contact a few more contractors once Steve gets the final docs together.

Updates

Steve Krebs is making good progress. He doesn't know how much longer it will be, though. However, I've already seen a great deal of real movement: a soils engineer was here and took a sample; we have a signed contract with a structural engineer.

Also, we've completed our move to the apartment. It's tiny but it holds all of our stuff (most importantly, The Zimmerplex!). Of course, Comcast didn't show today so we don't have Internet/TV/Phone. So, we're sleeping in the house tonight. Hopefully, tomorrow we'll be actually living in the apartment.

Exit Eddie Hurt

We fired our architect Eddie Hurt today. He's mislead us for far too long now. We're tired of his half-truths and obfuscations. It turns out our project was nowhere near where Eddie led us to believe it was. Also, he never filed it with the city.

We've found someone, Steve Krebs (http://www.krebsdesigngroup.com), to take Eddie's work and bring it to completion.

The logjam has broken!

It took four excruciating months, but Eddie has finally finished the plans and submitted to the city. So, we are back to interviewing contractors. Also, we signed a short lease on an apartment in town and will start moving over the next few weeks. If all goes well, our project will finish this year!