It's Raining, It's Changing

The framing has started to go up, the plumbing was getting put in. Van visits the site every day and have made little changes here and there and kept watch to make sure that everything is getting done by the plans along with the little changes here and there.

It's the little changes here and there that are confusing.

When we originally got the plans (after about the twentieth or so draft), the kitchen had a peninsula. Brian told us that we can always change how we want that done because that was all cosmetic (not effecting the structure of the building) but what we have learned is that you should get as much as you want on those plans so when the general contractor goes out for bids, there is no confusion. As you can probably tell, we changed the layout of the kitchen. With Lan's help (anyone want some interior designing done, email her at lanihdougherty@yahoo.com.), we managed to get the kitchen we wanted... however it is still a work in progress. For anyone who wants to makeover your kitchen, when they say make an inventory of the stuff you got in your kitchen, you really should. It'll make your life a lot easier.

And to top it all off... it rained... it didn't do the misty thing like we all So Cal's are used to... it poured. With the lighting and the thunder. Van was not happy. I hope this isn't a precursor of things to come.

Building Up - Sept 2005

Well, it appears we are making progress. The concrete has been poured for the footing and our contractor buddies have almost finished laying down the flooting (I guess that's what's called... It's the beginning of the floor nonetheless.). We did have a little scare when it came to the setback, but the architect and the contractor had a little discussion and it turned out it was a little misunderstanding on our part.

Meanwhile, Lan (Van's sister) has been patiently waiting for Van and me (and my mom and my stepdad) to decide once and for all what we want to do with the kitchen. I think we've finally made up our minds, now we just have to get actual measurements to my sister-in-law.


Here's the latest picture of the house in progress with Nathan and Stephanie serving as models...




I didn't realize how many inspections one had to go through. It's like at every step there's an inspection. You finish one thing... wait for inspection. Finish the next thing... another inspection. I'll be happy when all this is finally over!