Hello dear readers. I'm sorry for the break in blogging. No excuse ... just chose to play solitaire while falling asleep instead of blogging ... naughty!
Now I'm back and I hope I didn't lose you to another blog ... :'(
So, things are humming along at the house - let's get down to the update:
Permits - met with the structural engineer this weekend who drew up our plans and he found a mistake in his work that he needs to fix before we can submit. Luckily he found it now and the permit review guy didn't find it! We are paused while he figures that out. We have a few things to figure out too though. After chatting with some friends, we are wondering if the addition in the back is even necessary ... do we need the extra space (probably not); is the master in the back better (not really); is the kitchen better where it is (that's a pretty kickin' view). So many decisions ...
Inspections - the inspector didn't show up and didn't call. Hoping that he has a very bad short term memory and will just come for his scheduled inspection in a week or so and forget everything else he saw ... :)
Building - we have sheet rock! We put up a bunch of sheer wall (seismic retrofitting) and got some other suggestions on improving our house's chances in an earthquake. The good news is that all the structural engineers we've met with have universally said that our foundation is good. Amazing. They managed to drop a house on bedrock and still get it right!
Drainage - we have decided to dig out the french drain and relay the pipe with the correct pitch and some new rocks and silt netting. Easy!
That's it for now. Pics to come shortly.
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