And pay only for what's BEEN done. Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Ritchey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 7:43 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: The West Wing > The advice given to me for a similar project was: "get the divorce first ... > you can always get remarried again later if it works out." > > Seriously, we did a major remodel on two houses while living in them. Check > out your builder AND his subs before you sign. Check references and > suppliers too. > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Jim Cathey > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 19:29 > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: [MBZ] OT: The West Wing > > It looks like we might be pulling the trigger on a little > project I've wanted for a long time: an extension off the > side of our living room. 18x20', two-storey, vaulted > ceiling, deck, porch. Two small bed/office rooms below. > French doors onto the deck, windows on both other sides. > Passage cut on one side of our existing fireplace. Free > standing wood stove in the new addition, along with a > nice ceiling fan. Styled to roughly match the rest of > the 70's house, but with Craftsman influences where we > can get away with them. Just like the 6-car garage > addition, rule #1 is to make it look like it was always > there. There are a few complications, the worst is that > we'll have to move the power feed to the house. We'll > also have to cut down one of the two big blue spruces > in the yard. (I plan to use the top for our Christmas > tree, it'll be the best-looking tree we've had by far. > [We get them off our property every year.]) The bid > is $97k. > > Opinions? The contractor is recently returned to the area, > he used to do chores for the previous owner. His dad still > lives across the road. > > My jokes to SWMBA about having room to park another car > under the deck didn't seem to go over very well. > > We just transplanted the rose my deceased mother planted > by the entryway, and the never-happy blackberries she > also gave me that I've been hoping will grow. They're > not the usual giant Washington car-eating blackberries, > these are smaller with a very good flavor. Supposedly. > They've never fruited, never even grown in ten or so > years. But they're not dead yet, either. Unless I just > killed them. > > -- Jim > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
