not much

that's the old bathtub with a hole in it.
i suppose se'll have to pay some something to get the bathrooms fixed now, considering it's totally gone.

no pouring of the foundation, i guess. did we pass inspection? i have no idea...derek left his phone at school.

more delays

So, no pouring going on. Derek said he talked to them on the phone, and when the city came out, they have another MAJOR correction to be made. Apparently one that costs like $5000. Adding in a "third pad"? Whatever that is. The city is supposed to come back out on Thursday to re-inspect. Why does the city of Cerritos make one correction and then send them back to work on it, only to come back and identify another?! Why can't they list them all at once? The contractors have been waiting until today to do anything because they thought they would be ready to go. If they could've said all the things that were wrong up front, we wouldn't be doing this now...
Also, the quote for getting the two downstairs bathrooms fixed is $24,900. Yikers. That's a lot more than we expected. Don't know what we're going to do at this point about that.

update before the turkey break

update on an email from dafneh, from the contractor:
had an inspection today and needed to correct one mistake
mistake has already been corrected
due to the holidays, the next inspection won't be until next tuesday
and they will pour the foundation after the inspection



interesting...
just as i was typing the above, a knock came on the door.
it was EZ (sp?) the main guy we work with from 7 Construction
he brought over a holiday gift pack with wine and cheese for us
wow
cool
will have to add in a picture of it later


he gave an update too about what happened at last week's inspection:
a deputy inspector came and said everything was fine -- with the epoxy connecting the the old with the new (not sure if i got that part right), but then later the inspector from the city of cerritos came and wanted one root out of one the holes, so they took care of that.
now we just have to wait for them to come back out to inspect.

bye bye garage

guess they didn't pour today...
but instead i noticed a much LARGER pile of trash, which was the framing around the garage.
maybe the inspectors told them it had to go??
i have no idea...

plastic tarp and rebars?

what's coming up...

i met izzy at the city this afternoon (during 4th period). not sure what i was doing there, but luckily derek reminded me to bring the checkbook, just in case. why else would i be needed, right?
turns out we were getting permits for electrical, plumbing, sewer and the a/c. it ended up taking FOREVER because they needed the number of decibels put out by the a/c, which he didn't have, and then had to make a phone call to get. then they also wanted a copy of the plans, to make a photocopy of it so that it could go with the a/c permit, showing where it is to be located (specifically). so he had to go back to the house to get the site plans. all the time, i kept thinking, 'doesn't the city have a copy of the plans? can't they use that to make a copy?' but who am i? oh well. again, it took forever.
oh yeah! at one point, when izzy was drawing in the location of the 2 units and their distances from the walls, she asked what the rooms were that were next to the units. he told her they were bedrooms. so she turned to me and asked me where the beds were going to be located. i was like, 'what?! how the heck would i know that now??' she then said something about how you wouldn't want the bed to be right on the other side of the wall from the unit--especially if they are kids. still. what's she going to want next? the location of the rest of the furniture in the house?!

while waiting, i kept checking the time, because i knew class started around 12:30ish. about 12:20, i borrowed izzy's phone (because of course, i left mine at school) to call jennifer to help me get the class started. sort of a good thing that they were taking a test, because she could easily get them started.
i didn't get back until 12:50. sheesh. it took them forever (again) to tally up the price of all those things, and it came out $900 even.

anyhow. while waiting, i asked him what they were working on. he said they were still preparing the foundation, and that tomorrow, they are awaiting inspeaction. on friday they will pour the foundation, and on monday, materials will be delivered to start building the frame. he also said that he ordered all the windows, so that when they are done in 2-3 weeks, they should be ready for them.

wow!
pics later, since i haven't even been by there yet today.

all the walls in the front are gone now!

taking down some of the walls

what i noticed:
one of the sliding glass doors was taken off (the one that would have to be moved)
some of the walls removed (like by the kitchen and the bedroom that will cease to exist)