Our GC sent us an email this morning letting us know that the first stage of demo will be completed today and that his crew will start grading for the foundation tomorrow. He hasn’t yet been able to nail down when they’ll dig for the footings – had to look that one up www.finehomebuilding.com – great site for those that don’t know (me included). Moving forward though, we seem to be a little behind schedule but he says we can easily make that up, depending upon the weather.
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Demo Begins
Yeah!! Our GC just informed us that his crew is planning on demo’ing the old detached garage
as well as the deck and back of the house where the addition will be added.
Next up grading, foundation, framing, etc… Can’t express the excitement we’re feeling and knowing that in just a few short months this “structure” will be transformed into our home.
Here We Go
Our GC just informed us that he’s meeting with the silt fence guy as well as the foundation sub tomorrow to discuss everything – wish that they had done so while we were waiting on the permit but nonetheless we’re excited to get this going!! Big question is what do we do next? So much to do and decide in 5 months but thankfully our GC feels confident that all can be accomplished – thankful for his laid-back attitude.
Yes!! Approval
Our GC has now submitted everything to the city and it is all cleared up – he said that he’ll pick up the plans tomorrow. Let’s get it going, can’t wait for work to start back up!!
The Power of a Woman
Julie was able to get through to the proper person in the city’s Planning & Zoning department to find out the status of our permit and especially as to why it hasn’t been approved. Seems that our GC forgot to show the zoning folks that the house will be converted from a duplex to a single family residence. Who knows but they stated that they told him this on January 11th and have yet to receive the proper documentation. Frustrating but probably just overlooked, part of the process we’re told. Fortunately we know the reason and it’s all getting cleared up and we should have the permits pulled very, very soon.
We Have a Leak
Will this rain please stop!!! I went by the house yesterday and it seems that as a result of all of this rain we have sprung a few leaks in the basement. Nothing major but definitely something we’ll need to get taken care of since our immediate plans are to use this area for storage. Our GC said that it won’t be a problem and that he’ll take care of it when we get to that point.
He also suggested that it would probably be best for Julie to call the Planning & Zoning Department to push for the permits, seems as if an angry wife tends to get more attention – my money is on us getting that permit shortly after she reaches someone.
Waiting on the City
Our GC sent us an email today to let us know that the Planning & Zoning Department was still going over the plans and that he received a call today from the Site Development Department to clarify one part. He says that we’re close to the plans being approved and we can’t wait. We were informed that it would take 4-6 weeks for approval and we’re only at week 3 (submitted on 12/28/2011) so we’ll just continue to try to have patience while we wait on the city. Plenty to do in the meantime however we can’t wait for hammers to start swinging.
Closed and Ready
Well we closed on our house/project today. Our excitement is beyond explainable however that is at times dampened when we look at the current state of the house and all that will need to be done. Big Picture, it’s not a sprint, focus on the finish line – I have to keep reminding myself of these thoughts. There is also comfort in knowing that we’ve got a great and very reputable General Contractor (GC), great plans, house with good bones, almost 1/2 an acre which will have a flat backyard for the boys and it’s in the neighborhood where we have been concentrating our search efforts for the last several years – Morningside, Atlanta, GA. Our GC says that it will take 5 months from submitting permits until completion which will put us in the house in May however I bet him a 12 pack that it will be June – something has to come up, nothing is ever that easy. May or June, whichever it is, we’ve got a lot to do and a ton of decisions to make. Big Picture – it will and should be, our ideal house and Julie’s “forever home”. Here we Go!
Morningside Renovation 