Slacker

Sorry for not getting around to posting for awhile. Between selling homes and trying to get this house done, I havn't had much time for sleep let alone updating my blog.

Since my last post we have finished drywalling, priming and painting the interior. We still have touch painting to do after all the molding and finish carpentry is done.

Vladamir and Roman have installed our new oak floors on the main floor and put on a beautiful finish on. I was amazed at how good of a job they did re-finishing the original fir floors on the stairs and the 2nd story...they look great and these guys do great work. I am hiring to do our other house in Alki, which I have been dreading for 4 years.

The tile work in all the bathrooms, laundry room and mud room should be finished today. We went with a classic look in the powder room on the main floor as well as the main upstiars bathroom. The master we decided to go with a more modern look and finally the basment bath, laundry and mud rooms got nice utilitarian tile.

The lawn is also in and looking great! I will post pictures of this later today.

It looks like we are 3 days behind schedule for our original estimate. We were thinking we would be done the 9th, but now it's the 12th.

What else? We had to let go our finish carpenter this week because he called in sick again. It's a long story and unfortunate because we liked him. Dalen (Our Consultant extrodinare) has hired a awesome crew to crank out all the molding, hang the doors, build out our banister, fireplace and hang our kitchen cabinets. They start on tuesday and will be done friday. So I will have to stay out of there way.

I guess that's it for now. More later with some pictures.

Who are We?

Just a little note to say that the team working on this project refered to as we or us, include:

Burton
Kim
Dalen
Heather

I assume that everyone knows this but just wanted to make it clear and give credit where credit is due.

All of us have had different responsibilties on this project and without any one member of this team, this project would be a bigger headache than it actually is. The one member with the most responsibility is my project manager Dalen. I know he has spent sleepless nights trying to figure out layouts, solve problems and make the project perfect.

I owe alot to Dalen who has worked very hard to make sure that budgets are met and the subs get to work done on schedule. All of whom have come from his list of professionals. If anyone is considering doing a major remodel or a flip, I would highly reccomend this artistic professional. He get's the job done and keeps people motivated, all with a smile on his face.

Thanks so much to my wife Kim who has done alot of research on paint colors, fixtures and drove Dalen and I crazy until she got the kitchen she wanted. I am not sure how we did it, but Dalen and I managed to get this done. She even goes to the house after work and scrapes paint!

I also want to thank Heather for her excellent landscape ideas. She has run different ideas past me and my only problem is deciding what to do, as they are all great. I have so much confidence in Heather that she has free rein on the landscaping for this project. Thanks Heather!

I am lucky to be on a team with such great people!

Paint and Drywall

Okay...

Finally the back deck is finished and looking good. Our carpenter is lagging behind and still has the roof fix to complete. He will be done this week...at least that is what he says.

We have also made our color choices and the paint crew Micah, Nick and Dave have be doing a great job. These guys come highly reccomended. The are proffesional, fast and good guys to work with.

You can contact them at:

206-276-6431 Micah Summers

micabms@u.washington.edu

Our man George is working on getting up our drywall while the painters are working outside. George is a great guy and is whipping out the drywall at top speed. We should have it all hung and the mud and tape guys will be here on wed. That means that thursday or friday we will begin painting the interior of the house.

We are having a painting party over the weekend to paint the interior. We have about 15 volunteers so we should be able to crank it out in two days. I will be there regardless every night after work so it get's done.

There are also some new pictures of a couple of new found objects. We found a porceline name plate for one of the bedrooms and an old school plastic fighter jet ( circa 60's or 70's)

I hope everyone is enjoying the blog. If you have any questions or need some referals for tradesman just give me a call.