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Entries Tagged as 'Budget'

Choosing our Internal Staircase

November 1st, 2007 · No Comments

We have been looking at what kind of internal staircase to build into our house. The new internal stairs will be put in where our current office is and the will need to be a curved staircase with a landing in the middle. The space that we have for the staircase is actually quite small, [...]

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Tags: Budget · House Lifting

Tying Down the Roof Trusses and Load Bearing Walls

July 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

To be honest I am so emotionally tired right now that I don’t really feel like writing anything, but I am hoping that this will help me to process a bit… On Friday last week, if you recall, we found out that we need to replace the floor in our bathroom. This means gutting the [...]

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Tags: Budget · Framing · Roofing

Throwing in the Towel – Almost…

June 3rd, 2006 · 1 Comment

Last week I ended up with bruised nuckles after I punched my car after a rather frustrating meeting with an engineer about some of the “stranger” features of our renovations… I must admit that this renovation process is a lot more complicated and aggrivating than I had thought it would be. I was looking at [...]

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Tags: Budget · Contractors · Planning · Renovation Frustrations

Buying Back Our Deck

December 29th, 2005 · No Comments

Last week we bought back our deck from the developers that purchased out old house and land. If you read one of my previous posts, Overcapitalization vs. Life Style, we paid about $20,000 to get the deck put onto our house a year and a half ago. Well, we just bought it back for $1000! [...]

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Tags: Budget