D-Day+6

Well we have had our suprises this week! Good and Bad.....First after opening up all the walls we found drop ceiling's that we quickly tore down and wha la! True 9 foot ceiling throughout the house and the stairwell. We have decided to move both the kitchen and the bath on the main floor. The lay out looks good, but we will soon see.

Bad News! The addition that was on the back of the home had to be completly removed...not in the budget!

Termites!!! Yes the one bug that we supposedly don't have in Seattle, with apparently West Seattle. They are left over from the orchard days. So those two little surprises have set us back about 20k. Yes that's right 20K!

The demo should be all done and the house cleaned up by tomorrow. I will be happy to start putting it all back together!

D DAY+1

Well we closed on Tuesday and dove right into it. Dalen, Kim and I swung hammers, pried with crowbars and got so dirty I think my shower is permantly clogged. Wednesday morning I was up at 6 standing in front of the Home Depot with my coffee all hyped up on cafeine and addreline to break some stuff. Did what I thought was a lot of demo for 3 hours and waited for the 30 yard dumpster to get dropped in the back yard. The reason I said "alot of demo in 3 hours" is because after I picked up 3 labor worker's on 1st ave, they (Will, Luis, Alehandro and Manny) crushed more demo in 30 minutes than I had in 3 hours. Those guys can work!!!!!!! They filled our dumpster in about an hour.

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Didn't close yet

Well we were all set to close on Friday, but guess what? That didn't happen! Got additional conditions from the bank Thursday at 4pm that couldn't be met until Monday. So it's monday and we are expecting to close tomorrow! I am keeping my fingers crossed and can't wait to swing the demo hammer!

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