Weekend One: The Visit

My fiance and I bought our first home this January and because we're nuts, we thought it okay to continue work our chaotic jobs, plan our wedding for this June and to renovate the basement into a rental property. Oh yea, did I mention that the wedding is in England and we live in California.


This is our blog where we'll attempt to jot all the triumphs and failures of the renovation, and sometimes our life.


First things first...

What's down there?

- Finished out room with a shallow built in wood closet structure.

- Doorway to a bizarre... we mean BIZARRE speak easy? dungeon? wood working room??

- A staircase to our upstairs bedroom closet... yes a secret staircase. Let me for a minute go in a different direction. THERE IS A SECRET STAIRCASE IN OUR CLOSEST FROM THE BIZARRE DUNGEON!!! IF ANYONE WAS EVER WORRIED ABOUT AN INTRUDER, OR THE BOOGIE MAN OUR BEDROOM IS NOT THE BEDROOM FOR YOU. Okay, tangent done. 

What we want down there!

- Finished living room.

- Kitchen

- Bedroom

- Closet

- Bathroom (shower, sink, toilet... no tub!)

In my mind I've got a little wand or a magic nose that makes all these things manifest after I write about them.

Renovating began in February, the week I got back from New York. We had my dad arrive from Texas to help us begin. LUCKILY my dad is a skilled private contractor, his magic wand is experience. Here are the problems or what we like to call hurdles he immediately pointed out.

1. Plumbing: a bathroom and kitchen below septic level isn't cheap.
2. Stairs: The boogie man stairs are an obstruction and have to and have to go. HALLELUJAH! 
3. A million other problems that are too hard to explain. Just take a look at the photos. 

BEFORE 

FIRST WEEK OF DEMO!!

END OF WEEKEND ONE!