Construction Has Started! Or, at Least, DEstruction!

We returned from our wonderful Thanksgiving with Eleanor yesterday to discover that the workers were actually beginning the job as planned! I hesitate to say "as originally planned," since the initial idea was to start work the day of closing. However, it took a while to get the estimates, contracts, and so on in gear. One of the reasons we chose our builder is because he could start quickly.

Guest room: no more ugly chase!

The primary reason we chose him? Because we adore him. His name is Umberto Perugini, and he has helped us in numerous ways throughout our years here. He is an angel in a builder's overalls. His love of humanity in general and us in particular absolutely shines.

Bathroom block going away

Dining room clear!

So far, they have torn down the dividing wall between the landing and the dining room. We would like to put a very large defining archway rather than having the simple wall, because that will provide much more light to the space and will give us the option of extending the table when/if we have larger groups.

They are currently working on the bathroom(s) on the main floor: first step, of course, was to rip out the existing block, since we are moving the whole piece about 30 cm to allow a larger living room.

Waste Chute!

And we have our waste chute! These make us insanely happy, for some reason.

Love,

Alexandra

Bonus photo: ramp onto truck for tank removal

Bonus photo: I have removed these tiles for use in the front hall

Girls' room with torn-out paving

Girls' room: a bit more to go!

Jeremy and I found the method of tying-in door frames to be pretty interesting:
Looks like they insert angled pins into the mortar, then later attach the frames.