The framer and his assistant finished the upstairs today. $475 The electrician also did more work. He will not finish until the drywall is up. The exterminator came, just in time to remove a dead and very old mouse from inside the stairwell. Paid him for the year. $280
The insulation guy came only to tell me he will have to revise the quote, it will be more. r38 is the standard of insulation now.
I have an inspection scheduled for Monday and Tuesday.
Still have not heard from the drywall husband and wife team for a quote. But I have another guy lined up for quote on Monday.
No luck on anyone willing to work with marble slab for kitchen countertop. Damn!
Would like to finish cabinets this weekend but I have to take acls class all day sat and Sunday to start my part time job. So I can pay more contractors!!
Nice thing is, my new pt job pays for the class!
Almost finished
dwarfs the beach house
Friday, July 25, 2014
Fri almost a month has elapsed...
Today the framers are supposed to finish, I bought about $200 worth of lumber yesterday for some support beams called "headers". 12x12x2. And so forth. All big lumber and heavy. Thanks to James at Home Depot for loading it for me!
Also electrician will be here today to "finish". That means install working electric boxes and the lights and ceiling fan electric stuff. That will be the end and I think I owe him another $500
The framer is also $500 for the work. I paid for supplies already.
Must call inspector and set up his visit.
Also electrician will be here today to "finish". That means install working electric boxes and the lights and ceiling fan electric stuff. That will be the end and I think I owe him another $500
The framer is also $500 for the work. I paid for supplies already.
Must call inspector and set up his visit.
Thursday, July 24, 2014
back to Home Depot
returning: 8 2x10x10 and 4 2x10x12
buying 8 2x12x10 and 4 2x12x12
lovely
at least we FINALLY got the permit from the city! WHAT A PITA!
buying 8 2x12x10 and 4 2x12x12
lovely
at least we FINALLY got the permit from the city! WHAT A PITA!
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
We bought a beach house!!
So we just achieved our long term goal of paying off our mortgage and what did we do? We got another!
J and I bought a great 1/2 acre lot on the ocean front that had a small bungalow on it already. It was built in 1950. 64 years old.
Still standing. But the previous owners had inherited it. They did noting to maintain it, in fact, they did more to bring it to ruin. They had it for 8 years. It was disgusting. I am not sure but I think it was a brother and sister.
They had several years of back taxes due. We learned at closing . Also since then, there was a process server note taped to our door, with the previous owners name. Lots of past due bills.
Well they got about a half million, so I hope they pay their bills.
There is a enclosed porch. It had one window secured with tin foil. It looked like a crack house. The oven was free standing with grime an inch thick, rusted pans beneath each heating element and grease baked on.
We tossed that out within the first week we arrived AND miraculously, within 30 minutes of setting it on the curb for bulk trash pick up, someone drove by and took it! They also took the very disgusting sanitarium style bathroom sink and the non-working window air conditioner too.
Amazing!
But the house had hardwood floors, granted they look pitiful with several areas of water damage. But the floors are one good feature. I have already got two estimates to repair, sand, seal the floors: $5000.
Why is everything 5k? Why not 1 or 2 k? It seems all quotes are 5 k!
Now we of course made many mistakes already. Just in the two weeks we have been here already!
I had arranged for a contractor to redraw all the upstairs. He, of course, did not get the permit I told him the city required and so all our best laid plans have since fallen to the wayside.
No we are scrambling to get work done as we pay holding costs on out household goods. No room to place our belongings until the upstairs is completed. Very frustrating.
But on a positive note, we have a very superb new mailbox. The old one was so sad......it was plastic, with several plastic numbers falling off and it was askew the rusted metal pole that was slipped onto a one inch PVC pipe jammed into the ground. All supported with two to three bricks to keep it somewhat upright. It was leaning far more than Pisa!
The new box is bright white metal with a very secure post that is perfectly level in the hard concrete. We added a decorative seahorse motif that I special ordered. It looks fantastic! We also ordered a brass address plate but that has yet to arrive. That takes a few more weeks.
I bet the mail person is happy.
J and I bought a great 1/2 acre lot on the ocean front that had a small bungalow on it already. It was built in 1950. 64 years old.
Still standing. But the previous owners had inherited it. They did noting to maintain it, in fact, they did more to bring it to ruin. They had it for 8 years. It was disgusting. I am not sure but I think it was a brother and sister.
They had several years of back taxes due. We learned at closing . Also since then, there was a process server note taped to our door, with the previous owners name. Lots of past due bills.
Well they got about a half million, so I hope they pay their bills.
There is a enclosed porch. It had one window secured with tin foil. It looked like a crack house. The oven was free standing with grime an inch thick, rusted pans beneath each heating element and grease baked on.
We tossed that out within the first week we arrived AND miraculously, within 30 minutes of setting it on the curb for bulk trash pick up, someone drove by and took it! They also took the very disgusting sanitarium style bathroom sink and the non-working window air conditioner too.
Amazing!
But the house had hardwood floors, granted they look pitiful with several areas of water damage. But the floors are one good feature. I have already got two estimates to repair, sand, seal the floors: $5000.
Why is everything 5k? Why not 1 or 2 k? It seems all quotes are 5 k!
Now we of course made many mistakes already. Just in the two weeks we have been here already!
I had arranged for a contractor to redraw all the upstairs. He, of course, did not get the permit I told him the city required and so all our best laid plans have since fallen to the wayside.
No we are scrambling to get work done as we pay holding costs on out household goods. No room to place our belongings until the upstairs is completed. Very frustrating.
But on a positive note, we have a very superb new mailbox. The old one was so sad......it was plastic, with several plastic numbers falling off and it was askew the rusted metal pole that was slipped onto a one inch PVC pipe jammed into the ground. All supported with two to three bricks to keep it somewhat upright. It was leaning far more than Pisa!
The new box is bright white metal with a very secure post that is perfectly level in the hard concrete. We added a decorative seahorse motif that I special ordered. It looks fantastic! We also ordered a brass address plate but that has yet to arrive. That takes a few more weeks.
I bet the mail person is happy.
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