Movement on our Projects - But it's NOT Pretty!

We met with our architect last week and he presented us with his estimated costs for our project.  Well, Brian and I literally fell off our chairs as the numbers came back $20,000 above our maximum, tippy-top, no exceptions number.  We are going to revisit this project and see what we want to scale back and possibly not do both the upstairs and the downstairs at the same time.  Bummer!  He built in contingency dollars for worst-case scenarios should (when) we come across them in the building process.  I feel pretty good about the numbers, just not too happy about the reality of them.

We are making progress on my office.  An electrician came in and removed the old baseboard wires and set-up the wiring for the new radiant heat.  We have a contractor and he has almost completely replaced the sub-floor.  He is going to complete the job for us.  I am hopeful that this will be finished by Christmas.  That's my Christmas wish at least.  Here are a few pictures of the new floor.

Old Baseboard Heat Wiring is Out and New Floor is In!

Another view from my office door.