Matt and I have loosely divided responsibilities in the effort. I am responsible for most of the landscaping, curb appeal, and painting and limited assistance in deconstruction and reconstruction. Matt is responsible for plumbing, electrical, drywall, construction, demolition (which he is really good at, lol) and we share in the design ideas. Lesson #2-Dividing the labor helps, but don't expect each other to work at the same pace. We will see how it goes.
Last week, Matt ordered most of the supplies for one of the bathrooms. But in order to do the bathroom, he claimed he needed to clean out and organize the work shed first. Of course this led to him finding rotten wood in the support structure and termites. So before anything else can be done, he replaced the back wall of the work shed. We weren't expecting that!
Lesson #3 -you will find termite damage in Texas when you see wood. My boss told me there are two kinds of houses in texas, those that have had termites and those that will have termites. uggg.
While he was replacing the damaged back wall, he found the back corner of the roof was rotting away and several shingles needed replacing. And the gutters were hung incorrectly. But it's just a work shed, so those renovations are on hold. Lesson #4-when renovating you will find unexpected problems that will cost you time and money to fix, so Prioritize.
Last weekend, I spent all of my free daylight hours either in lowes or cleaning out the front gardens for replanting. And in doing so, realized the exterior of house has some cracks in the brick that will require sealing and painting and the shutters need to be replaced with something not so black!
As Matt was installing new ceiling fans/lights in the living room and dining room. We took out the gaudy ceiling fan that was centered between the living room and dining room. This of course has left us with a nice square hole in the middle of the ceiling which will have to closed and painted. Which means the entire ceiling will probably have to be painted as well. arrrgggg! Lesson #5-removing one thing will lead to having to fix something else even bigger.
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