Friends, I’m so glad you’re still with me….I know it’s been tough on you, watching us tear the house apart piece by piece! From now on, you’ll get to see it being put back together, 2017 style!
In 5 weeks we’ll all be getting ready for Halloween parties…..starting to think about what we’re serving for Thanksgiving…..and some of you will be wrapping up your holiday shopping, even as the rest of us will not have started! What’ll I be doing????
MOVING INTO MY KILGORE COTTAGE!
Now, it’s time you met Roger Landwehr and Jose Chavarrio, my contractors who are making this all happen, and who are quietly DOUBTING my timetable is possible!
I seriously couldn’t ask for 2 better guys to have on my side in this project; just wait till you see what all they’ve made happen this week!
(as for the schedule, I AM moving by the end of October, and it’s totally doable! Hopefully the house will be finished….but I’m moving in one way or the other!)
This happened on Monday, when we were all out at the job site perusing, pondering and planning how to proceed!
I asked the guys to explain the angle of the roof they were going to add back to connect the house with the garage (where the old breezeway was). The house is much higher than the garage since it’s on pier and beam, and the garage is on a slab. So I couldn’t picture the pitch of the connecting roof…..
Hahaha! I had to get a picture of them as they both whipped out their tapes and started approximating the angle of the 2 sides of the roof, and comparing ideas….it was too funny! Spontaneous humor is the best!
(and I still don’t get it….but some things are best taken on faith!)
Monday when I arrived about mid-morning, much to my surprise, there was a building already taking shape on the empty slab left on Friday!
That was pretty exciting, but during the time I was there on-site, here’s what I saw happening…
Wow! They were framing the roof already – woohoo!
Now, let me stop and explain something….I’m NOT a worrier, as all my friends know….but seeing Jose standing precariously on the roof made my heart skip….for a VERY GOOD REASON!
It was just a year ago, this month, that Jose fell off of a very tall ladder, while painting a 2-story living room in one of my listings; he suffered a VERY badly broken ankle! He was in a cast for months, getting around slowly on crutches….then finally graduated to a stiff boot cast last spring, which he has ONLY been out of for a very short time now! Jose still limps around while working, but swears it doesn’t hurt – he really suffered a bad break last year…….
YIKES it makes me nervous all over again! I’m glad he’s now finished with this roof…..though Monday he will be framing the roof for the breezeway and the covered patio/potting area I decided to add! Yep… adding…change orders….inevitable in remodeling!
The bedroom addition gets windows!
(these are the recycled ones from the old sunroom)
…& Tyvek wrap! (notice the roof now has tar paper too)
And siding, and the door!
(Now we can finally lock up the site)
This is the way it looked Saturday about noon; no doubt they finished the siding. This is pretty exciting!
And here is a view from inside!
We also had a plethora of plumbers crawling all under the house yesterday and today; they are now finished with the rough-in, so we won’t see them again until time to install all the fixtures. Here’s the not-very-pretty-and-yet-exciting progress they made in the master bath-to-be!
While this doesn’t look all that exciting, it required plenty of rooting around under the house….and this is why we love pier and beam foundations! (and plumbers!!!)
They managed to rough-in all the plumbing in the house, AND install the new Rinnai tankless water heater on the wall outside – I’ll show you that later!
Each week I reward your patience with my ‘find of the week’…..this time I’ll leave you with the piece that put a big grin on my face every time I even thought about it this week….no explanation…for that you will have to wait!
“I’d like to introduce you to Ms Chesterfield, coming to an urban cottage close to you soon, wearing a yummy sapphire velvet and ready to own the room!”
Interiordefine.com ~ if you just have to shop!
Have a great week, my friends….once again, I thank you for joining me on the journey, and remind you that I ALWAYS have time for your real estate referrals!
The new structure is built, and the interior work is starting! Check out the progress this week in this Kilgore urban cottage! Friends, I'm so glad you're still with me....I know it's been tough on you, watching us tear the house apart piece by piece!
