Laminate has been installed

4 Weeks to Close, less than 5 months!

Ok the issues in a nutshell.
1. Split driveway, the city says it is illegal, the commision say no problem, can you tell Columbus is run by a bunch of retard (US president chief of staff politically corrected term) democrats? Yes part of the commission was appointed by the democrat mayor.
2. The handrail, well lets just say the first 50 designs were not to code. Who knew there were codes for a 6 foot banister.
3. Tile looks awesome, from Italy, recipes came in the box. I plan on making italian tile salmon with the extra. Fresh salmon with dill place on Italian tile roasted in the oven for 30 minutes on 375.
4. The neighbors have complained, the one next door said the builder broke a light bulb on the side of their house. I said, nice to meet you my name is Gregg Looney, just send me the bill.

We have driveway

My house is coming down to the finish! yippeeee

yippeee it is going to be done sooooooon.................. few more things and the 160 year old house will be reborn as the yikes, " who did that to the historic property! LOL

Its working

Well it has gone pretty smoothly. The remodel is coming to an end. No major cost overruns, no graft, fraud, incompetence (except one), delays, yadda yadda yadda.......unlike something else I can think of! The cabinets are now installed, the appliances are coming and floor early next week. The front porch has been recemented after the 10 hours of jack hammering in a futile attempt to put some brain cells into barbara boxer.

And it is flying along at record pace!!!!

The new MC air conditioner has been installed, MC stands for mega cooling. I do believe this should handle any global warming that may aflict City Park Avenue. The air conditioner also doubles as a transformer, and will rapidly turn into an escape helicopter.

Most of the built ins have been completed, with the banquette being larger than I anticipated. Eat your heart out TGIF.

Next week kitchen cabinets, flooring and finish woodwork.

The front porch has finally been resolved. Since the cement block could not be removed after hours of trying, they will let it remain. The cement will be replace and tile will be installed on the top.

Yeh.

More and more and more..............

There ya go.........the hold up is that very cool cement porch that they tried to remove but the foundation started to crack. They are thinking of ways to get rid of the cement, sawing it off is top of the list!

So, things have slowed, the interior however is moving right along. Electric, plumbing, drywall all done! Yipee. The house colors are on and looking good.

Updated, it is moving along fast!

Thing are advancing rapidly now. They tried to remove the cement porch, but, the harder they tried the more the foundation cracked. Kinda like the current stimulus plan! All inspections passed with flying colors, not bad for a home built in 1850. The executor of the estate of the women who use to live here stopped by the other day. They moved the women to a nursing home in 2003 and she passed (hate that word), passed what a kidney stone! When they were moving her out of her house they found she was a hoarder. Along with a hoarder she had a room of unopened mail and she was cooking a a hot plate. She had some uncashed checks in all that mail worth, 3 million and she died worth 10 million.

Memorial Day Update

Well the house is coming right along. It officially has HVAC, plumbing is finished, framing is done, wood shingles have been applied to the exterior and and the windows are framed. That is the brand new highly efficient beautiful MARVIN wood windows!!!!

Of course the 10 windows that are 130 years old are a different story. They are being dismantled part by part by a window expert who calls himself the "window surgeon!" If I ever happen to swallow a bay window please do not call him! He has been what some would call, artistic. Me, I would call him the most goofy , unqualified , scatterbrained , incompetent person who ever became president. Oh...........sorry got a little off track Addison.

Well, back to the house, he "changed his mind" about fixing the equally old door ( stripping, repair the wood and paint), he also will fix the old windows but will not paint them? So it has been interesting to deal with him. I hired a new person, actually three new people to strip and paint the door, repair the wood on the doors and replace the incredibly old glass that currently resides in the door.

Other dissappointment, beside that fact the most of USA media are a bunch of clowns, would be that the gas lamp for the front of the house has been discontinued. The plumber, electrictian and the GC could not figure out how to install it without putting a hole in the house walls?

Ok, flash back, you know you all have them

Just thought I would review where it all started. Lots of progress has been made to date. The window rehaber just informed me he would not have time to do the doors. Those doors would be the 130 year old doors that are purple. Purple color was added when the house was used as a den of iniquity back a few years. It is said the cigar butts were Bill Clintons, I have called a popular purse maker to confirm, but, no call back yet. Oh, back to the doors, they have many coat of paint, some stain and are not in too good of shape. The GVGC requires repair and rehab for them. Maybe GL and the doors can go together.

Anyways, things are progressing. Framing done! Cement done! Next week, roofer, plumber, early electric, windows and something else Ben told me, I will get back to you. Many people are now looking at the progress. My neighbor from 3rd street saw me coming out of the home and started up a conversation. Eventually they asked what kind of "worker I was" or was I a "nosey neighbor?" I am well aware of my less than petite schnoz, but WTF!