We have now heard from two of the four general contractors on their bids for the complete gut. We'll be doing the gutting down to the studs and one of them will take it from there, probably with us painting at the end.
We're now awaiting the other bids and will make a choice from there. Then we'll also finalize our decisions on some of the issues still lingering — what to do with the kitchen cabinets, where to place the dining room, how to handle the heaved mudroom floor, etc. We'll decide which projects can wait, maybe even a couple years. These might include the roof, front porch (although some temporary shoring up needs to be done to carry the burden of the rotted-out post), tuckpointing the brick, maybe the back entry porch (also needs temporary fix to hold up the corner of the roof).
Whichever way we go, it looks like we will max out our budget. Anybody want to buy a beautiful blue brick house in Reed City yet? No word from our REALTOR since we renewed the contract in August. We're thinking maybe its too bad we have never missed a mortgage payment and didn't get involved in the sub-prime loan mess. If we had, maybe the government would bail us out of the Reed City house soon. Kidding, of course.
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