Update 6/16/10

OK, so you're all probably wondering (1)  where's she been?  she's a posting maniac and there's no updates!  Well, its been a crazy week.  Lets just say that Dallas will no longer be working at the house and will not be finishing the project.  Lets just say that when Viktor and crew came in and rebuilt the entire sunroom, re-plyed it and roofed it in all of 3 days, yet I still have no kitchen or bathroom, I knew there was no way we would have the project done the way we were going.  No harm, no foul, not looking back any more, just looking at where we are at right now, and how we're going to get from here to done by July 26.

The draw paperwork is submitted for the remainder of the money in my escrow account so that I can get people working and paid, I'm depending on Infinity to come through (and make up for previous delays in draws) by making sure this one is done fast for me (I need you Rick!!!)

My plumber, Rich has now torn out 90% of the plumbing work the other guys did and reran it properly, 2 K to rerun plumbing I already paid 7K for...wait...not looking back....sorry.  Anyway, its almost done and I called to schedule the rough in inspection and the township can't come out till July 1!  THAT IS REALLY BAD.  That means I can't close up any walls where there is plumbing until after then....REEEEEAAAALLLYYY bad.  I have a call in to Ray, the master township guy to see if I can pay a surcharge to get them out faster, but I have't heard back from him yet, please keep your fingers crossed for me!

In the meantime, Viktor, my favorite sunroom contractors have been working up a quote to finish the outside stuff and start work on the carpentry throughout the first floor.  I have to call him tomorrow to see what he's got for me.

Hired an awesome guy, Phil Russo who I found on craigslist to come button up the 2nd floor bathroom (subfloor, floor and walls where there's no plumbing, and close up the old doorway to the tub room) and then refinish all the floors on the second floor.  He said he should be able to have that all done next week.  We're refinishing the floors in a dark cherry mahogany stain to to match the doors on the 3rd floor which have a reddish hue...he's also restaining the 21 panel doors on the second floor as well.

I'm meeting a plaster guy at the house saturday morning to go over the texture stuff in the living room, first floor stairway and other spackle touch up so we can get those rooms painted.

Provided I can work out the $$, I would like to have Phil working on 2 next week, Viktor working on sheetrock in kitchen and siding, and the spackle guy finishing the texture repairs on 1.  Only thing is he can't sand on 1 while Phil's doing floors on 2, so we'll have to see.

If we can pull this off next week that means next weekend we could potentially empty out the storage unit and start moving stuff into the bedrooms on the second floor.  How cool would that be?

Keep your fingers crossed, and if you're bored saturday and feel like lending a hand, wander by we'll be cleaning the second floor and painting the back wall in the sunroom most likely.

Here's a couple of pics of the floor on the 3rd fl utility room that we got the floor done in over the weekend.  Remember, this was the worst room in the house, and now it looks awesome!!

Befores....eeeeew creeepppyyy stinky....GROSS

After.....

OK, we might be getting there...... :)