Plans and Permits

Project Review

Sometimes it helps to take a moment and look at where we’re going and what we’ve done so far. At the moment I’m thinking about a bunch of different projects either in progress or upcoming, so to keep everything straight I’ll lay it out. It also helps for any random or occasional visitors to this […]

Basement Electrical Plans and Permits

Scattershot

We’re on to the forms and paperwork stage with our architect, which means that applying for permits isn’t too far off. We’ve identified all of our contractors, but we still need to get letters from them acknowledging they’ll be completing work on our property. The electrician needs to fill out a whole form as well. […]

Plans and Permits

Progress Report

We’ve worked on a number of smaller projects the past few weeks. We finished removing trim from all of the front rooms of the first floor as well as the two layers of hardwood flooring in the front bedroom. We also moved the stuff being stored in the middle bedroom to the back so we […]

Plans and Permits

Inside-Out or Outside-In

We met with our architect yesterday and signed the paperwork so it’s official. We talked about the plans and started working some things out about how we’re going to renovate and live here at the same time. In an earlier post I mentioned that we’d decided to go with spray foam insulation instead of building […]

Plans and Permits

Decision Time

I’ve been dragging my feet, but we’re getting close to a decision about an architect. We’re waiting on a response to a question, and depending on the answer we’ll hopefully have it settled. The quotes were a lot more than we were expecting, but at this point it looks like we’ll be pursuing the Chicago […]

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