Week 3 of the Renovations

The foundation base went up last week and the foundation walls went up earlier this week.  They have completely removed the front porch and steps.  I watched the garage come down Monday morning - it took about 30 minutes to completely come down - walls and roof. 

We've approved the electrical layout and plan. I want to cry every time I see what used to be gardens.

Now that it is getting wet and cold, they are starting to do things inside like change the direction of the stairs to the basement. And the site lead advised us that because there will be a new hallway in the basement, we need to rethink where the laundry room will go. Right now, it is in the unfinished part of the basement.  He's suggesting that it be moved to the room that I'd intended to use as a gym, because then the water pipes will all be on the same side as the basement bathroom.  But that then means two things:

1. We have to remove all the books that are currently stored in that room into the unfinished part of the basement - and will have no where to store them once the work is all done.

2. Since the unfinished part of the basement is remaining unfinished, the home gym won't be a very inviting place to work out.

Sigh.  At this point, selling the old dear and moving to a bigger place sounds like it was the way to go.