Waiting for the final plans

The plans are in the final stages and the exterior walls have been approved. The interior walls have some leeway but they also are pretty much set as to their locations. Our contractor has been busy with the house going up next door so things are a little slow right now. They started the foundation work on their house and poured the floor for the cistern today. I am hoping to get some pictures to post.

Here on the home front, the bathroom remodel continues. I finished the tile work in the sink area earlier this week and installed the new cabinets on Thursday morning. Late Thursday morning, the granite guy arrived to intall our new granite counter.

Before the Bathroom Remodel

The ongoing Remodel

Everything went smooth, as planned, and they even installed the under the counter sinks. All I have to do is finish installing the bathroom fixtures and hook up the plumbing. One project down and ninety-nine to go.

The Plans Come Alive

It's been a while since my last post and things are moving along rather well. We received the foundation plans and several computer generated views of the house from John Harris, this week. Other than a few minor changes, it is pretty much how I had originally designed the house.


View looking South




View looking West

View looking to the Northwest

1st Floor layout


With the computer generated views, it starts to make the home come alive. We need to make the changes we want and get them back to John as soon as possible so he can make the changes to the foundation plans. Soon after that, John will send us site and elevation plans along with the revised foundation plans.


John has been very easy to deal with and very professional in his business, especially from what you may expect from a third world country. He has given us a "Schedule of Work" along with a schedule of payments. He has requested no upfront payments to start the job and expects to get paid after he finishes each stage of his scheduled work.

Schedule of Work

Schedule of Payments

If everything goes as scheduled, John has given us a completion date of June 8th, just one day after Mischelle's birthday. What a birthday present!