attic update:
framing inspection tomorrow & electrical lines being run
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
..Update - studio construction
Ok - so the latest run down is that we've been trying to concentrate on the house now instead of the warehouse for one main reason: my mom has moved in. And she needs her space pronto. I mean - real pronto.
So I've switched the gears since September and finalized the house plans. Sent them out for contractor bids and awaiting the sticker shock.
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That was approximately three weeks ago when both of us actually had steady incomes. Now - being victim to the ecnomic shit-storm, only one of us are employed. Naturally, this puts a fairly significant kink in our project, as the more we attempt to make strides to move forward with this project, the farther it seems to loom.
However, being the persistent (more like annoyingly hard-headed) person I am, we've decided to piece-meal the project and begin with the attic. The attic has gone through various different design/use modifications - at first, we were going to dormer the roof on both sides, opening up to the south to use the southern exposure light. The "town" stated since this is a noncormity, we would have to apply for a variance. Variances in total cost about 3G's ($3,000). So - that was out. We were left with the greatly sloping roofs, which still allow a good deal of space, but would have benefitted greatly by the additional head-room of a dormer. Now it will be the same -my studio and (ahhem) "family storage", but just smaller. We have almost entirely demolished the interior partitions and will begin framing and roughing in lighting and electrical fixtures this week.
On the warehouse side, since its blistering cold outside, all construction is on hold, but the plans for the 12ft garage doors has been implemented and before summer's up - those bad boys will be in! Since last post on the warehouse, we've installed two toilet rooms, installed a working sink, finished the floors, removed the rusting ducts, painted the furnace fire-engine red, and re-painted all the walls white.
Basically - it almost looks exactly the same.
So I've switched the gears since September and finalized the house plans. Sent them out for contractor bids and awaiting the sticker shock.
...
That was approximately three weeks ago when both of us actually had steady incomes. Now - being victim to the ecnomic shit-storm, only one of us are employed. Naturally, this puts a fairly significant kink in our project, as the more we attempt to make strides to move forward with this project, the farther it seems to loom.
However, being the persistent (more like annoyingly hard-headed) person I am, we've decided to piece-meal the project and begin with the attic. The attic has gone through various different design/use modifications - at first, we were going to dormer the roof on both sides, opening up to the south to use the southern exposure light. The "town" stated since this is a noncormity, we would have to apply for a variance. Variances in total cost about 3G's ($3,000). So - that was out. We were left with the greatly sloping roofs, which still allow a good deal of space, but would have benefitted greatly by the additional head-room of a dormer. Now it will be the same -my studio and (ahhem) "family storage", but just smaller. We have almost entirely demolished the interior partitions and will begin framing and roughing in lighting and electrical fixtures this week.
On the warehouse side, since its blistering cold outside, all construction is on hold, but the plans for the 12ft garage doors has been implemented and before summer's up - those bad boys will be in! Since last post on the warehouse, we've installed two toilet rooms, installed a working sink, finished the floors, removed the rusting ducts, painted the furnace fire-engine red, and re-painted all the walls white.
Basically - it almost looks exactly the same.
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