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August 09, 2005
The first entry
Okay -- we signed on the dotted line. And in two weeks from today, on 22 August 2005, construction will begin on our house. It has taken one and a half years to get to this point. Drawing up plans with an architect. We are excited and nervous.
Against everyone's recommendations, we are going to live in the house as the remodel is going on. Why? Because we have no choice. We know it will suck, but we dont have an extra 2 grand a month to rent a one bedroom apartment.
This site will include pictures, lessons, headaches, freak outs, reflections, realizations, and revelations.
While this blog is not starting until the actual work is beginning, we will be doing backstory entries on all that went on during the past 18 months.
We hope you enjoy it. We hope you learn something from it. And we hope to learn something from you!
Posted by dana at August 9, 2005 02:00 AM
Comments
Dana,
I've just found your blog and can relate to your "micromanagment" style of trying to make sure that things are done right. We are in the midst of a master bath addition to a 1966 ranch after already spending tens of thousands of $$$ renovating the basics -- new windows, new roof, new insulation in the attic, etc.... I am contracting the addition myself which adds another dimension of trying to find good subs to do the HVAC, plumbing, electrical, etc. I have a carpenter Jack of All Trades helping me for the most part but I still feel like I am reinventing the wheel.
Kim B.
Posted by: Kim B at January 29, 2006 04:06 PM
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