Below is a floor-plan of the second floor. Each numbered box represents one of the following 13 photographs showing the interior of the second floor. The lines extending from each box extend to the locations on the wall that are at the edges of each image. The second floor consists of three main rooms: our […]
Below is a floor-plan of the first floor. Each numbered box represents one of the following 18 photographs showing the interior of the first floor. The lines extending from each box extend to the locations on the wall that are at the edges of each image. The ground floor consists of four main rooms: the […]
We had hoped to have this photo tour done 2 weeks ago, but reality intervened. Same for the house; things have been going slowly as only a father and son team having been working on it. They have done a great, if glacial job finishing the base coat of the stucco. (The subcontractor had promised […]
This entry will be an update on the work that was completed while we were gone. We realize that some folks are less interested in the details of the building process (who knew?!) and so we are also working on something we should have done before, a tour that shows the status of the entire […]
The time between these posts seems to be increasing, and everything in this post is at least a week old, since we are in the middle of a two-week vacation. After the last post the rest of the interior door frames were installed. Picture 1 shows the frame for one of the pocket (sliding) doors […]
This post could/should have been done last Saturday, but somehow, like so many of the deadlines of this project, that slipped. As Picture 1 shows, the stucco people continued the process of putting up the insulation on the outside concrete walls. Picture 2 shows that they were making good progress on the west wall last […]
Progress again — a quick update. Picture 1 shows the continuing work attaching the insulation panels to the outside of the apartment. Probably no work tomorrow because the electric company will be turning off the electricity and closing part of Modjeska Canyon Road to replace some poles. Pictures 2 and 3 show the newest development: […]
It has been almost two calendar weeks (and fully two work weeks) since the last post. For much of this time, not much was happening. Then, this week there was a problem on the WordPress site that Nina uses to host the blog and we could not log in to create a new entry. But […]
Last week the process of installing the windows got close to completion. The plan is to do the last steps Monday, and then on Tuesday the house will be ready both to install the drywall inside and the insulation and stucco outside. The largest of the windows is the combination of fixed windows and sliding […]
On Saturday, our friends from New Jersey Chris and Claudia Van Wyk arrived to spend the day. We took them to the Farmers ‘ Market in Irvine, and then after lunch we drove out to Modjeska. Unlike many recent Saturdays, there were no workmen other than Pete. He had planned to go to his dentist […]