Here's where we're at to date..
We've got plans!
On 5/29/2008 - we hired Purnell X Montoya as our Architect at the recommendation of one of the many contactors we spoke with. Shawn Purnell is the architect, and he was great to work with, even though all of our changes..
I'd recommend him..
Contact Info:
Purnell x Montoya -
Phone: 847-989-2772
eMail: pxmarch@hotmail.com
We've hired a contractor!
I'll leave the contractor saga for another day - let it be said that the prices and attitudes of the various contractors had a wide range.. We avoided a bunch with bad ratings on Angie's list: (http://www.angieslist.com), ended up getting bids from 5, and in the end on 7/23 (yes, it took a while) went with
Ray Castellanos
"C" Construction & Remodeling
Phone: 815-245-2384
We chose him because of relationship, very positive references (one guy was so excited to give him a positive reference that he wanted me to come by on the day of his wedding rehersal to see the work), and price. So far, we're pleased.
Our hole in the yard
This was taken either 8/26 or 27th (can't remember for sure) concrete guys poured footings and cut out access hole - that big square rock used to be part of my basement wall!
Our brand new crawl
9/2 - The concrete guys return (and wake Jen at 6:30) to pour the floor on the crawl - look at all that storage space!
A Floor! (Well Almost)
9/3/2008
9/4/2008 - Big rainstorms all day long - almost had a swimming pool!
Wow - a floor and a wall!
9/5 - I came home to significant progress - Wow, we've got a wall already? This was done in a single day!
A room! - wait, where's the roof?
9/6/08 - Ray and Larry worked today to finish the two outside walls, since they lost time due to rain on Thursday..
That catches up to date - future posts will cover further progress! Keep posted!
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