These are two words that represent sacrilege to me.
Thou shalt not issue a myriad of change orders on this job, so help me Lord!
Yes we are only a few weeks into the actual, renovation and for the most part things are going smoothly as we have a phenomenal GC. She really stays on top of the project and is able to look forward in case of a back up to keep the job moving. Now I want to give her as much credit as possible, but I can’t help to believe that she’s working this hard because I have eagle eyes and ask 50,000 questions a day.
Thus far we have had to make a slight adjustment to the kitchen cabinets in order to reduce the size of the wine cooler we wanted, that cost me about $100 plus I lost my soft close feature. My gut says we will be looking at this again before the order is placed. We have added steps onto the deck ( yes, this seems like a no brainer but whatever…. things happen.) Yesterday we found out because code states that there can be nothing within three feet of a breaker box, my washer and dryer can not sit side by side in my new laundry room.
Now, under different circumstances, I am sure this would have sent me to the moon, I mean isn’t knowing code a major part of the primary job functions of the contractor and when all these people are traipsing through my home measuring and conferring wouldn’t that have come up as the breaker box has always been there to welcome them when they came to visit and inquire about its ability to handle the drain of the gee whiz new appliances and such that we wanted to install…… DID NO ONE THINK ABOUT THIS WHEN MEASURING OUT THE ROOM???????
(writer take breath…)
But I didn’t go crazy because in actuality, it served my purpose perfectly. You see when they moved out my washer and dry and demo’d the little bar area, I inquired if the washer and dryer could go into the new little nook. To which the answer was a resounding No because of the moving of the water lines, venting the dryer and yada yada yada…. Guess where my washer and dryer are now going????
Ding ding ding Correct!!!! Into the little nook created by the newly removed bar. All those reasons why it couldn’t be done before…. Pish Posh they’re simple fixes. We even have options!! So I am having bi fold doors added to enclose them and the niche you see in the wall will have some shelving to hold fabric softener and detergent. I’m a little psyched. Because I also not get a new storage area. I am contemplating what to use it for and thinking of shelving it in as a pantry. Even though it’s not upstairs, its only a few steps down from the kitchen and a great place to store juice which we have to buy by the case and large non perishables like paper towels and toilet paper.
So all in all this, I think it works out well and we haven’t added to the budget because “whomever” didn’t measure… Whew……
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You always wonder why “they didn’t think of that” but thankfully it worked out for you all in the end. What’s next on the list??? : )