Heather~ I am super excited for the extra space in K's room, lord knows the child has plenty of toys.
C~ Thanks, we only have to alter some of our supplies we already have, and it is really nice getting permits because the town is being really helpful giving us tips and recommending people who could help us. They are really glad that some one bought the place and is doing something with it. There are a lot of nice new houses in that part of town and the house we bought was a major eye sore.
THF~ Yeah the basement was the deal breaker, if it was bad we were going to just knock down the house and save money so we could pull out the old basement and put in a new one. We do have to dig down to the bottom and tar paint the existing exterior walls, but that will be so much easier than actually tearing it out.
Today dh and his dad too off work to build a storage shed out behind the house. The started on it around nine and when I stopped by at three thirty they only needed to put the shingles and siding on it. Once that is completely done they can tear down the rest of the house and start digging for the new foundation. If all goes well we will be pouring foundation in the next two weeks. We have a friend who owns a junk yard and he is bringing his back hoe out to help us.
We helped him while he remodeled his house now he says he is going to pay us back. We also have friends who are plumbers and electricians. So they are going to help us out with that stuff. I told my FIL that he needed to become a contractor. He is great at building things. He has been researching the new framing techniques since we bought the house. I will see if I can find any of the blue prints to scan.