We were both at the house early Tuesday morning for a marathon session with successive contractors. Things are happening quickly now, although the schedule is now that the house will not be ready until the end of November. Both of the driveways are now disrupted with trenches. Picture 1 shows the trench in the lower […]
Nina made it out to the house yesterday after the cement truck was gone. It had brought the concrete for the V-ditch and two pads next to the back of the house for AC units to sit on. The cement truck will be back in a few weeks to pour the top of the bridge […]
There was progress in four areas last week. We had arranged with the cabinet maker to buy simple, prefab cabinets for the apartment kitchen. Picture 1 shows that he began installing those last week. They also finished installing the green roof above the apartment (Picture 2). We decided not to extend the green roof onto […]
Ted’s sister Cecily and her son Sean came out for a visit to the house on Thursday afternoon. Some of today’s pictures are from then and some from Sunday afternoon. On Thursday, they started delivering the green roof boxes. There were four types of sedums. The first photo shows some of them laid out on […]
Much has been happening, but Ted’s camera was out of battery at the beginning of the week. We were out there yesterday taking current pictures. They divide into four categories: backyard grading, tiling, kitchen cabinets, and what Pete’s been doing. The backyard grading is almost done. This past week, they made three staircases including a […]
Ted was out at the house all morning to talk with the cabinet maker about the vanity cabinets and the kitchen cabinets for the apartment. The cabinet maker was there to begin installing the kitchen cabinets in the house — very exciting! Picture 1 shows some of the base cabinet frames in his truck, ready […]
Because of Labor Day it was a short week. (The tile contractor did try to work on Monday, but a neighbor complained and that crew was sent away.) The most dramatic progress has been in the grading for the back yard. By Wednesday, they had gotten the blocks for the top two walls in place […]
Margot pointed out that the last image was missing from yesterday’s post. Sorry! It’s a mystery. If you go back to that post the image has been added, but even better might be Picture 1 here. This shows them grouting the great room tile. In it you can see the rotated field tiles and the […]
Happy Labor Day! There has been significant progress on two projects during the last two weeks and minor additional progress on the stucco. After a slower than expected start the backyard grading is now moving forward nicely. Pictures 1 and 2 show the first, rough grading for the top two (of four) walls that will […]
The upside of the fact that it took so long to get the tour assembled and posted is that some visible progress has been made! As Picture 1 shows, the stucco is now done on most of the house and the scaffolding is down so the house is now truly visible again. We think that […]