Rough finish

A bunch of new pictures today of both the inside and outside. First the front door, well the porch, front door itself to come later...

Now view from the back with the windows and doors now having a trim and the roof started (barely).

 

Finally 2 out of 3 bathrooms got their tubs in at the same time as the plumbing, can't really use them yet...but they are in..

 

More later...

More windows

Windows are now being installed which is nice as we see more the spaces that are being created. First a panorama of the main living area:

Also a view on the outside showing the work in progress:

Windex!

Some new action here with windows that just got in, not very useful yet but it's going to change soon...

Outside of that the roof is almost done and now we can get a glimpse of how the living/dining areas will look like:

Skyview

Quite a bit of action since last time even though it rained (again). First the flatwork was done in the front and the back. We removed one step, added another one based on the actual ground level...

Two views on the back, with the porch and the kitchen sliding doors

Also on the roof side, the cathedral ceiling area is now in progress and it is quite fun the see:

This is  how it looks like a few days ago (with more sun and daylight).

 

Lastly for today the rear porch is getting some cover as well as pictured here:

Dressing-up

Maybe not in time for the rain, but still getting some shape after all..

The see-through style is now not there anymore...

Card Castle

Still going, almost done but still a one or two weeks away from a roof I'm afraid.

These are two views of the master bedroom.

Up again

The building of the second level appears to be relatively faster that the first one, but there is still a lot of work. We are now 3 months into the construction and the progress appears quite good. The important thing being to have a roof before the rainy season...

The picture below shows the soon to come stairs.

 Now this picture show the master bedroom (you'd have guessed I'm sure...).

Under cover!

Kind of a new phase starting with the second level floor just getting started, or I guess it is the first level ceiling, I'm not sure anymore.

Going up...

It is finally going up and you can see some of the progress. The bathroom downstair had to be redone (I mean the subfloor) in order to correctly lower the flower so there is no changes in level between the hardwood area and the tile area.

Now here is how it looks like from the kitchen looking north. Well it is still a bunch of pieces of wood at this point, you have to know the plan to see anything I assume.

More later...

Soft cover

Foundation inspection got done and now the crawling space is getting covered with insulation.

Touching wood.

This is it, I guess most of the concrete the house will ever see has been poured - excluding stucco I guess. Now it is moving quite visibly fast, with the joists being put in place and along with the plumbing, sewer, heating lines that are lying under the sub floor.

Now some of the framing material has arrived already as you can see here:

Out of the coffins

Most of the foundation is now out of the coffins and the overall shape of the house - at least on the floor - is starting to come clean. The removal of the home office and reduction of 3 feet off the back seems to make a good difference as we were hoping for. The front of the house even though it will be bigger than before does not appear to jump too much in the face when looked from the road side (right side on the street).

Solidworks

Foundation work is progressing with most of the areas requiring update getting ready or close to. Still a long way to go before we see a house up here...

Clean-up

Somehow the lot is becoming cleaner with debris being removed and the preparation for the additional foundation being made. so far it looks like no big root from the Magnolia tree has been cut which was a concern because it is only 5/6 feet from the digging area.

Finishing the demolition

The demolition is getting close. The garage is going to stand up for some time and two slabs that were attached to the main foundation are now gone. Quite a bit of concrete is gone...
The electrical panel is in it's temporary place and will stay for a while I guess - it's kind of hanging in the air...

The red lines show the future foundation and the future limit of the house, with this picture showing where the house will reduce in size - yes it was the idea to get some backyard space back in the process. So those are the reddish lines on the ground.

One element that had been discussed was on how to keep the first level floor of common rigidity between the new and the old part of the house. The new being made with joist that would provide better support than the older part of the house. The plan was to keep to the older sub floor. Now it has all changed, the entire sub floor is gone and we're going to get new floor all the way so there won't be any issue with that at all. It is going to require updated plans from the Engineer and probably another pass at the city to get them in though, hopefully it won't generate any delay...

I don't have pictures yet but on the other side, the new foundation is starting already, well at least the digging has started where the new foundation will be.

Minimal

One good thing is that now we can appreciate the lot as of 50 years ago before the house even existed... Or close enough. It is certainly a work-in-progress as you can see...

This last one for the week-end is trying to give a glimpse of the view from below the fig tree (for those who know and remember...). It's actually kind of funny how what is staying - the foundation - has become insignificant. We really need to know where it is in order to find it... I'm starting to wonder what is or what was the point in keeping it...

You can click on this last picture to get a larger view.

Up and down...

It's now going up on the driveway ...

and down in the back...

Going down...

it's going to be hard to find new words to describe what is going on each time I post a new picture but I'm going to keep trying...Here is the last glimpse. Oh, the fireplace was in the middle of the living/kitchen area somehow...

Frozen

Interesting to see how a place where we use to live is now just another construction site, I guess it is a reminder that we make most of what is going on in a house, not the building itself...

Now some magic with this almost flying ceiling light (located in the kitchen obviously...).

The beginning of the end...

This is it. a few last pictures before demolition starts... These pictures are not the most flattering for the house with the paint marks that delimit the future house or demolition limits somehow... not always clear though...

Moved?

Are we, have we? Yes both.

After having moved every few years, we re-discovered the hassle of moving, specially after almost ten years at the same place. Also moving for the first time with kids was well, quite different from our previous experiences...

It is now behind us and this is good. Several unpacked boxes are also behind me right now and I've got to either justify why (1) unpacking (2) keeping (3) throwing what's in there...

On our project side, demolition is just about to start.

Move minus 3

We are now more than realizing that our project is happening because we are preparing to move in the coming days. So our concern is about boxes, number of them, content and so on. Not very romantic but quite a necessity.
We are moving on the 4th of July - yes - and hope to be setup in our temporary place the next day - yes I know what you think...