I met with Spencer yesterday morning to go over the last of the missing quotes for the masonry work and plumbing that needs to be done as well as review the lighting plan with the electrician. We also re-jigged the windows once again!

Spencer came up with a great idea for our large banks of windows. […]

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It’s down to crunch time and we have exactly 19 days to get the 2nd and 3rd floors ready to move in. This includes ripping out all of the carpet on the 2nd and 3rd floors, refinishing the hardwood on the second floor, converting the electrical to new wiring, patching and painting the walls, baseboards […]

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We met Spencer at the house at 8am today to dicuss our oustanding quotes for the electrician as well as the patching of plaster and painting of the 2nd and 3rd floors.

We did well with the electricians quote- it came in at $13,500 and we had budgeted $15,000. About 75% of the house is still […]

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We met with Spencer and Trevor yesterday morning to go through the house and review the quote that they had put together for us. Rather nerve wracking as the main floor is already gutted so we have no option but to proceed! Because we’re in such a crunch for time ie. need certain things to […]

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It’s getting down to crunch time- we take posession of the house this Thursday and start the mass demolition of the main floor on Saturday still without a clear idea of what things are going to cost. Costing has been delayed because our contractor hit a snag getting our plans to their engineer to put […]

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