Monday, December 14, 2015

Roof and such

I missed a couple of updates, but the big event two weeks ago was getting the roof trusses on. Today we had a look at last weeks progress. It basically amounted to getting the roof shingled, which happened last Monday, and some interior framing. On the logistics side there was a bit of running around figuring out what to do about two windows which were looking too big. Thankfully the builder's project manager caught it and got everything sorted out. She's really on the ball when it comes to organizing all the details.

The plumber bailed out so no plumbing got done last week as planned. It is planned for this week instead.

Here are a few of the latest pics!




Thursday, December 3, 2015

More walls

Not much to report this week, except most of the interior walls are built on the second level. Now we can start to see the real shape and scale of things. My one concern after seeing it is the ofuro (Japanese bath) area. It seems smaller than expected, although still hard to tell with lumber laying around. I need to check the dimensions with the architect. 

Last week we found out the ensuing bathroom was in the wrong place by about a foot, so some new parts were ordered and that's being remedied this week as well, apparently.

Here are a couple photos of the second level.




Financing a renovation

It can be a lot of fun to dream about renovating a house and come up with ideas.  But then comes the question of financing.  In the beginnin...