A few months ago, a house in our neighborhood sold for what Sam and I thought was an insane amount of money. So we got a little giddy at the thoughts of "what if we sold out house for that amount?!!" The excitement lasted for about six minutes, when we priced how much it is for a building lot now.
We could sell, and then every penny we sold for, plus the remaining amount we could dig out of our change compartments in the cars, and couch cushions would barely buy us a building lot.
With no home on it.
So, we decided to add onto our house.
We are taking the roof off, adding another level, and slapping the old roof back on.
I will be excited when it is done, its the doing that is going to make for a long summer. We will have three full days of my kitchen/living room being completely exposed. Completely--meaning I could sunbathe naked on my kitchen counter. No roof. We will be taking a gamble that there isn't going to be any rain, or pooping birds. Not to mention the fact, that when we had the crane man come look at the roof, he offered the optimistic observation that since our ceilings are vaulted, the whole roof may just collapse when we attempt to crane it off. Something about the trusses not meant to be bottom load-bearing. That is quite the thought.
I have to keep reminding myself that I am getting a new studio out of the deal...
So, the past couple of nights, Sam has been knocking down sheetrock. The entire perimeter of the roofline has to be opened up, so we can unhook all the electrical, and unhook the roof itself. My whole house is covered with sheetrock dust. We are committed now. Its a scary feeling.
One long summer, folks.
On a side note, back a few months ago I was invited to submit to contest sponsored by Krylon. The spray-paint people! It was loftily called the Paper Arts Designers Challenge. At the last minute I entered a layout. More out of I would have felt guilty for not at least trying.
Well, lo and behold, I get an e-mail today saying I took second place in the darn thing. $200.00, better than a kick in the shorts!
It might come in handy if we need a new roof.
4 comments:
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That is a huge deal.. both the roof and the Krylon thing. I totally spaced and forgot to submit anything. Duhhh. Anyway... good luck on the house stuff.. that is major *hugs*
I hate it when people come around and don't say hello so I thought I better post my "hello" :-) Congrats on the new roof and the Krylon contest (lots of new toilet seats and magic erasers with that!). Love your blog,and hope to be back soon.
Ohhhh, let me know how that goes. We have been having the same conversation about moving vs. adding and it looks like adding on will be in our future. Can you believe the price of building lots? Good luck with everything! And congrats about Krylon. What a fun suprise.
congrats all around shaunte! can't wait to see your studio when the addition is done!
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