well sis bought the first and only place she looked at on the first day she visited her new state/city/job – and i was concerned it was too fast for her. Its turning out fine. S.O. thought mostly what you mentioned above. Sis is in San Diego for work this week and really enjoying how relaxing it is.
Floors finally getting repaired, sanded and stained today.
Had a disaster, 2 steps backwards, this morning. A friend came over to dial in the automatic sprinklers this morning and my laborer brought out a plastic bag with some misc parts. When I picked up the bag a couple minutes later there was a giant purple blotch. PVC primer bottle had
leaked briggt purple all over brand new concrete. I screamed for someone to get hose. My friend ran over and accidentalkt left sprinkler spraying flooring guy’s power tools and tool boxes in driveway!
Took over an hour using every cleaning product I could find and wire brushing to mitigate the bright purple. And now my pants are covered in bleach splotches.
Not to mention flooring guy very mad
Yikes. If the flooring guy had kept his word and showed up yesterday, he would not have had that particular reason to get mad 
One doesn’t realize how porous concrete is until you get a stain.
I loaded some photos of the details we are working on to the Flickr group
Haven’t you said before you don’t do closet systems? Why the change?
I’m a little astounded at how often stuff like the PVC primer getting everywhere seems to happen to you. Somebody didn’t screw the cap on tight… it’s just pure carelessness. There’s no excuse for it. I would be livid.
I’m not going to do a closet system in the master walk in closet. It’s just too personal. I decided that the extra 2nd sliding closet in the master looked too barren, so we put in a system that can be changed around by the buyer if they need to.
The PVC Primer is a mystery to me. There was a guy that did sprinklers for me (not my regular crew). I think the PVC primer jar had a leak or something in it because it was double wrapped in a baggie, inside the larger plastic bag. We have no idea who stuck it back in the baggie like that - it’s a blame game. My regular crew is claiming they didn’t have anything to do with it. I just give up at this point. I threw it in the trash so it doesn’t happen again.
Love the look of the bottom handrail with metal post. Very stylish. See, handrails CAN be a design element! B-) I think the white rail will do the trick in the stairwell, also.
Have you picked out a color for the vanity?
Vanity is going to get painted Behr Perfect Taupe. It matches the veining in granite perfectly.
My H has used that purple PVC primer for sprinker system repair. I someone repairing or installing a spriniler system for you? It works pretty well and he’s figured it out all by himself. So far, he’s never spilled any that we’re aware of. Wow, you have your hands full with all these workmen.
We installed new sprinkler system in front about 3 weeks ago. Installer was Team B guy. He wrapped up the primer and stuck it in the bag that had the leftover parts. We pulled out the bag and set it on front walk yesterday while addingsome drip lines and ddidn’t even realize primer was in the bag. Oh well, never a dull moment
Meanwhile I took my carpenter over to Adair tthis morning for detailed inspection. Needs full gut job, new wiring and new electrical. I want to add 2nd story with upside down living and huge view decks. Of course I have no cash to buy it and i have until Friday to decide whether to make an offer. I will be doing a lot of research because i dont want a situation where it takes a whole year to get permits approved!
Good luck, cb. It sounds like that could be a very big job. But if the payoff is good, it could be worth it. You are smart to do all your due diligence up front.
ETA: It looks from the photos as if you could easily have four good-sized bedrooms downstairs in the current footprint. Is the existing structure good enough to build on top of? Or should the house itself be torn down completely?
CB, does your realtor have an estimate as to how much the Adair place could sell for IF you do all that you & your carpenter expect to do? Do you have an idea of how long the permitting process may take if you build a 2nd floor? Will you have to pay extra to certify that your 2nd floor won’t cause planes to crash into it like one of your other remodels? How is the noise level at the Adair place?
Would it be cheaper to raze it and rebuild from scratch? Or is that too much of a permitting nightmare?
Yes, will planes crash into it now that they will be making tighter turns out over the ocean?
No, i dont think there will be any FAA nonsense during permitting process, out of flight path zone
Will adding a second floor block any other neighbors’ view?
But, there are a lot of other permitting issues i am researching. I cannot take down more than 50% of existing walls without full Coastal Commission review which takes about a year. Downstairs has to stay intact.
Living room with fireplace becomes master bedroom. Kitchen becomes master bath. Dining room becomes a office. Have to carve out a nice looking staircase to new 2nd floor and I would really like to keep it under 500sf for permit reasons.
It will not block any neighbor view and it shouldn’t require hearings or neighbor notification period. Neighbor below has already gone up to 2 stories so future obstruction is minimal risk (big buying concern of smart buyers).