At Long Last…

What a week!

My studio work was put on hold last week, having agreed to do an antiques and household estate sale for a long-time friend. I’m pleased to report that after a whirlwind three days of unpacking, staging, researching, pricing, photographing etc., the three day sale came off without a hitch. Whew!

Disassembly of the Lustron came to an abrupt halt in July as we were awaiting drawings from the architect I had contracted with. After a few revisions, the design was agreed upon and the drawings taken to the code enforcement office. Now, we have been at this long enough to know that NOTHING we do comes off without a hitch so why should we expect this to be any different? SURPRISE! The building inspector retired and we now have a new fella in training, just when we had the previous one understanding what the Lustron actually is (not a double-wide, not a modular but a pre-fab). Ugggg… After more lengthy conversations, we were granted our building permit (with a few modifications that we will address as we go forward) but at a substantial cost because of our status as a “minor subdivision” (a story for another time).

After a long day of pricing Monday, I came home to this – excavation for the basement started and the driveway roughed in.

Mid-week, garage slab location dug and stoned (as well as the driveway) and the footer was in place.  By Saturday, the forms were up and Monday concrete poured.

 

This hot and dry September weather is working in our favor. Hopefully the crew can get the house floor and the slab done as well as the backfilling by the close of the week, then we can get back to taking the house apart.

EDIT:  It’s Tuesday afternoon and the crew just left for the day – basement forms removed and ones put up for the garage slab. Whoop-whoop!