It only took about 1.5 years, but we are finally about to jump in head first and get started on the "big" project. This is the project we have been working towards since we moved in and the one Leah has been planning since before we even closed on the house.
Leah and I are convinced that the reason our house didn't sell was because of the limited bedrooms and the sizes of the ones that actually existed. As soon as we set foot in our house for the first time, the light in Leah's head went off and she declared almost immediately that we could in fact make the garage into a Master Bedroom. Maybe it was the addition of a second dog, or maybe it was just both of us getting sick of tripping over all of our stuff in our small bedroom, but we are about to undertake a major renovation on our house.
The garage as we know it is coming down, getting a little wider, and growing a little longer. The first floor will be our new Master Bedroom and the Second Floor will be a loft/office area.
In case you forget, here is what the garage looks like (until tomorrow when the demo crew arrives)
One of the "issues" that I immediately identified was that our gas meter was mounted on the rear of our garage. Due to the fact that the wall where the meter was mounted was due to be demolished and neither Leah or I wanted to be without hot water (we've done that before -- check the post about when we decided it would be a good idea to renovate our only bathroom and shower at the local YMCA for a week...), we figured we'd better put a rush on getting the meter moved. Fortunately, National Grid (our local energy co.) was very responsive and moved the meter about 3 weeks sooner than we had anticipated.
In anticipation of relocating the gas meter, I got to use a gas powered demo saw to cut our driveway. It was obviously a lot of fun and completely unnecessary as I quickly found out that our driveway was only about an inch and a half thick. Regardless, it was still a great way to spend my lunch break..
Once the driveway was cut, all that we had to do was dig up some forsythias, bring the backhoe in and (have someone else) dig a trench from the existing gas line to the new location:
Henry and Lulu were so excited once the digging was completed that they decided to start wrestling:
The following day, National Grid showed up, installed the new gas meter and the trench got backfilled:
Now that the gas meter is out of the way, and the garage has been cleaned out, we are ready to start demolition.
Our house will look much different after tomorrow and will begin to change for the better starting almost right away. Stay tuned for updates on our project as we begin to transform our little old white house on Bensonhurst.
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