Condo Updates
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stormdogMore condo updates:
The rebuild manager, who I like so far, says that our move-back-in date is likely to be mid-June to early-July, though that's subject to change. After the fire, the insurance adjuster said that it could take as long as a year for repairs to be done, given the damage. so 9.5 to 10 months isn't too bad. Of course, contractor timelines are always subject to change, and any number of things could prolong the process.
It's so weird to think that it will have been nearly a year. Life has been so crazy and strange.
I'm feeling right now like I'm not going to have trouble being in the space, but I guess that could change once it's all restored and looking more like the space I remember. I'm hoping that the different colors and cabinets and fireplace will help it feel different.
We didn't like the colors there originally anyway, so being able to choose our own is another small silver lining. I'm hoping to do something nice in the bedroom like lavender, but resale value will override that if necessary.
They need to do an insurance addendum because all the quotes on cabinetry were higher than allowed. She says this is not surprising. We picked a medicine cabinet, so they can start framing and drywalling in the bathroom. They needed to know ASAP because we originally had an in-wall cabinet, and if we wanted that again, they'd have to frame for it. We're going with a surface-mount one though.
It turns out that they are going to do the tiling around the fireplace, and match it to the floor tiling. This is a nice surprise, because we originally thought we'd have to do the tiling ourselves later. But they wanted us to choose a mantel, and we said we didn't actually want one because we were planning to tile there and put a TV on the wall, and she said they can tile instead.
It's actually bad for the TV to put it above a fireplace. The heat shortens the lifespan, and typically that puts it too high for comfortable viewing. But we aren't going to use the fireplace, and have asked for it to be put as low to the floor as possible to make placing the TV better, and there really isn't a better place to put a TV in that space, so that's what we're doing.
We're getting six-panel builder's grade doors with brushed nickel lever handles for accessibility.
I guess that's about it. Still three or four months to go. At least the heating bill there will be going down soon.
The rebuild manager, who I like so far, says that our move-back-in date is likely to be mid-June to early-July, though that's subject to change. After the fire, the insurance adjuster said that it could take as long as a year for repairs to be done, given the damage. so 9.5 to 10 months isn't too bad. Of course, contractor timelines are always subject to change, and any number of things could prolong the process.
It's so weird to think that it will have been nearly a year. Life has been so crazy and strange.
I'm feeling right now like I'm not going to have trouble being in the space, but I guess that could change once it's all restored and looking more like the space I remember. I'm hoping that the different colors and cabinets and fireplace will help it feel different.
We didn't like the colors there originally anyway, so being able to choose our own is another small silver lining. I'm hoping to do something nice in the bedroom like lavender, but resale value will override that if necessary.
They need to do an insurance addendum because all the quotes on cabinetry were higher than allowed. She says this is not surprising. We picked a medicine cabinet, so they can start framing and drywalling in the bathroom. They needed to know ASAP because we originally had an in-wall cabinet, and if we wanted that again, they'd have to frame for it. We're going with a surface-mount one though.
It turns out that they are going to do the tiling around the fireplace, and match it to the floor tiling. This is a nice surprise, because we originally thought we'd have to do the tiling ourselves later. But they wanted us to choose a mantel, and we said we didn't actually want one because we were planning to tile there and put a TV on the wall, and she said they can tile instead.
It's actually bad for the TV to put it above a fireplace. The heat shortens the lifespan, and typically that puts it too high for comfortable viewing. But we aren't going to use the fireplace, and have asked for it to be put as low to the floor as possible to make placing the TV better, and there really isn't a better place to put a TV in that space, so that's what we're doing.
We're getting six-panel builder's grade doors with brushed nickel lever handles for accessibility.
I guess that's about it. Still three or four months to go. At least the heating bill there will be going down soon.
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