$166,000 more to complete? Or total?
More.
That Misc guy needs to be fired. 
I should probably break out Misc a little better:)
It includes
roof repair
Roof removal
Stucco job
Windows and doors purchased and installed (probably about $20,000)
Fireplace surround
Misc repairs
Cost for windows
Wood Windows and French Doors = 15,000
Panoramic Accordion Door = $5,700
Vinyl Windows = 2,300
Installation and Materials to date = $2,400
$25,400
New Interior Doors = $1,200
Sounds like you’re spending the weekend toting up costs and watching cement dry.
Comparables
1325 Santa Barbara 92107
This is the one that had the dark windows in kitchen. Original condition, large lot, 1859 sq ft. This is the one that stated “owners want it sold this weekend”. Price dropped from $2 mil to $1.5 mil. Sold for $1,480,000.
Today we are having a small inspection of the retaining wall and then we are going to pour all the concrete inside the retaining wall.
Our deck is started and should be done soon, except we cannot attach the ledger boards to the house because we have to wait for the stucco to get applied to the exterior around the french doors and windows. Cannot get stucco applied until we pass the inspection for all of the shear walls, so it is going to have to wait for awhile.
Remaining portion of the new garage foundation is getting formed today and rebar should be in by Thursday or so. Another inspection of that portion of foundation and then it’s time for another expensive concrete pour!
Your house is going to be so much nicer than 1325 Santa Barbara! Do you have a projected asking price yet?
We recently toured a couple of dozen new homes (“Parade of Homes”) and noticed that all of the concrete sections for the driveways and walkways to the front door have beveled edges. I thought it was a nice touch.
Very interesting on the walkways. Too late for my front walkway and my driveway has a big retaining wall on one side. I only have one edge of driveway left
Target price is still $1.6 to $1.7 mil based on appraisal.
What is the reason for building the retaining wall out of blocks which then get filled with concrete, vs. setting up forms and pouring the wall as one slab?
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I have no idea why we had to build a block wall versus a giant formed pour. It was what structural engineer (who is overly conservative) specified in the plans. I don’t know which one is less expensive vs more structurally sound.
Are you going to coat the block wall with anything?
Yes, we have to go through a huge waterproofng and drain requirement on the outside of the wall. First we have to roll on a $200 bucket of black goo. Then, while still sticky we are applying Miradrain panels on the walls that direct water downwards I guess (expensive stuff). Then a bunch of gravel and French drain routing water out through a hole in the wall into the alley.
We are starting that task tomorrow.
In the nature of full disclosure…we didn’t pass our special inspection this morning. Luckily this isnt my nice City Building inspector. When you drill vertically into existing foundation stem walls you have to hire a 3rd party independent special inspector. I guess this is because these holes are in crazy places that are sometimes hard to access (City bldg inspectors don’t go on tall ladders or under house in crawl spaces. ) In this particular house everything is easily visible in the basement, but thats not normal in this area. And, it takes a while to inspect because you have to supervise blowing out all holes to make sure there is no concrete dust residue remaining in holes and then they have to supervise setting each anchor bolt with expensive 2 part epoxy stuff
We called the special inspector to come inspect this morning but we missed some dang fine print that existing anchor bolts have to be 5/8" in shear wall areas. Our 1937 anchor bolts are 1/2". So, mad scramble to mark them out and I rushed off to Home Depot to get the bolts and special square washers.
He was nice enough to say he would swing by again this afternoon to pass us. No extra charge
Thank goodness we didn’t look stupid in front of City inspector. From now on my job is double checking everything in the plans against the guy’s work just to be careful
Today we finished as much of the deck as we can to this point. We cannot put on the top deck boards because we cannot attach the ledger board to the house. We have to pass shear wall inspection, then we have to put on the waterproof paper and chicken wire stuff for stucco, pass another inspection and then stucco the outside of the house before we can attach the ledger board.
Makes complete sense to hold off on building the deck. But No!!! I had always dreamed we were going to spend 4th of July sitting on the deck to watch the main fireworks going off the pier in Ocean Beach. And, if we wanted to we could probably see Mission Beach and Sea World fireworks from the back yard. I have been joking to my husband that I paid $1mil so we could have a place to watch fireworks:) (they are not visible from our home)
So I explained to my carpenter that I really wanted to be able to watch fireworks next Monday and could we please please please maybe have the new part of the deck built. He busted his butt all week to get the main portion of the structure built. Then he had to install a couple of temporary posts and safely hold the portion of deck near the wall. AND, without me even asking… he actually made a temporary wheelchair ramp for a visitor that he knows is in a wheelchair. When I walked out and saw that wheelchair ramp for the threshold in the French Door I literally hugged him to death. It was one of the sweetest things he has ever done.
So, in the big picture we probably spent 3 or 4 hours doing stuff that didn’t need to get done to the deck just so I could have a couple of visitors 
I have loaded some new photos