Category Archives: Renovation
Too windy today!
Spring is officially upon up us and it showed today. The wind was gusting up to 30 MPH so the roofers couldn’t finish the shingles. I’m sure they’ll finish tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, Scott and his crew have finished the the … Continue reading
Dumpster Diving
Sonny was such a trooper today. The workers had put in the dumpster all the heavy hand cut stones that formed the bases of the fireplaces. He got in there and dug the huge stones out. Then we arranged them … Continue reading
Good thing the weather is nice!
Ok, the roof is almost complete and the good weather is holding out. It was a great spring day today, about 83. Let’s hope this thing holds out until Monday or Tuesday so we can complete the job.
A Beautiful View!
I took my friend, Katie, out to visit our old new house. The construction continues to make great progress. But, you’re not here to read about that. Katie took some great pictures so I thought I would share them.
What’s on top of the house?
The answer: Very little! Oscar and his crew at AFA Constructors are doing a great job on the roof. The removed the fireplaces, stacked the brick, and removed the old tar shingles from the house. They have also removed all … Continue reading
Big Day at Fletcher Broome!
Wow. There was a lot of action today at the Fletcher Broome House. Today we had roofers, plumber, masons, and excavators at the house. All were doing there thing. The roofers have stripped the roof down to the original cedar … Continue reading
One down, one to go.
Today, Oscar (a contractor) started removing the chimneys of which there are now 3. Yes, I said 3, there was a hidden one that we didn’t know about (more on that later). So, Oscar and his partner (the signing mason) … Continue reading
Construction started this week! Kind of …
Well our GC got going this week on the construction. Actually it was on the Destruction of the unneeded parts. The house looks oddly worst after 1 week for construction; I mean Destruction. We’ve removed all the false lower ceilings, … Continue reading
It was a bargain!
Today we inked the contract with Scott, the GC. He reiterated that if we had not bought the house, he would have and he would not have blinked at paying $25K more than we did. Sonny ripped down the ceiling … Continue reading
Secrets Revealed!
It turns out that the Fletcher Broome house has many secrets which need to be unveiled. Yesterday, Lynn and I were paid a visit by several of the family members that grew up in the house. We quickly realized that … Continue reading
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