Normally, a backhoe parked in your front yard would be cause for concern. Today however there was (metaphorical) cheering in our house. After three+ weeks of waiting we finally got our building permit! This means that the contractor can finally begin on the foundations--something he did today. Over the last couple of weekends we have spent time demolishing various portions of the house that are first up on the renovation list, including:
- Removing boxwoods at front of house to make way for front porch
- Demolishing the kitchen in the guest cottage
- Demolishing the tile flooring in the entry area
- Removing the (leaking) abandoned underground fuel tank and contaminated soil
- Demolishing the back steps for the new sunroom
preparing to remove the underground tank
(note the large boxwoods covering the windows)
hole left by the tank and contaminated soil
750 gallons of liquid warmth
demolished back steps
front of the house minus boxwoods
what's left of the kitchen in the cottage
The rest of the contractor's schedule this week includes placing concrete for the footings (Thursday) and laying of the block walls for the sunroom crawlspace (Friday). Framing begins next week. Emili and I are hoping to start building the kitchen cabinets and begin removing the asbestos siding from the back (West) and North sides of the house.
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