Baby Steps

Old House update first...

The township ordered us to dig up both floor drains (garage and laundry room.) The plumber found an interior French drain running into the sanitary sewer line in the laundry room. The township mandated these be cut off and capped. We opted to have my husband install a sump pump himself to save thousands. So the end effect is, the we-didn't-know-it-existed interior French drain that was apparently keeping our basement dry all these years is still draining, but now will drain properly into the storm sewer via the pump, instead of into the sanitary sewer, which is and always has been, illegal. We think doing the pump work ourselves will keep this project at around $1500, instead of much more. We could not avoid paying the master plumber for the work the township mandated. We are still waiting to hear if the buyers are okay with all of this work. Considering we are paying for everything, I think they are getting an awesome deal.

Every time we write a check for this house, I visualize some new piece of furniture in the new house disappearing - poof! poof! poof!

Onto the new house.

Finally, finally, finally something happened yesterday morning:

This was our site at lunchtime.

Of course, it started thundering in the afternoon...ugh.

Today, however, while 95 degrees out, has been dry. As soon as the framing is complete, the PM has promised us a more accurate finish date, which will be nice to have since we are staying with friends after our old house closes on Aug. 9. I imagine it will be a little like being back in the college dorms again, except this time with 3 preschool girls thrown into the mix.

Work fast, people!!