Morningside Renovation

Our Journey Through The Renovation Process Of Our Future "Forever Home" In Morningside (Atlanta,GA)

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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.


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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.


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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!