what a place
8 JUNE 2010
Hi there my name is Will, this is a blog about a renovation project at the house on 76 Melbourne St. in Portland, Maine. I see myself as the primary driver behind this project. I am a perfectionist, and the state of the upstairs unit where I may spend a large portion of the life as I know it, while habitable, just seemed to be missing that modern functionality. I also cant abide dropped ceilings that come to just 4" over my head.
I consider the primary victim of this project to be Marta Kessler. She is to be co-inhabitant, gardener supreme, and mistress of the domicile. The minute I got my grungy hands on the place - thanks to a large sum of money lent by questionable people with lots of it - I thought: "my, couldn't I make a couple nice changes here and there." So, much to her chagrin, I've decided to make a project out of it, and a blog out of the project.
A funny harbinger of the issues to come was courtesy of the un-concerned building inspector, who was actually a real tool. When I asked about some supporting pressure treated posts that had been set by someone under the basement joists. He said quote - those are temporary. Great to hear dude! but can you embellish the mystery of that statement with a little more flourish. Temporary. To code? Rotten in 10 years? Imminently unstable? In all likelihood, this will be a deep retrofit of sorts.
The time line for move in is ASAP, not to pay double rent, so it is basically all systems go...
Hi there my name is Will, this is a blog about a renovation project at the house on 76 Melbourne St. in Portland, Maine. I see myself as the primary driver behind this project. I am a perfectionist, and the state of the upstairs unit where I may spend a large portion of the life as I know it, while habitable, just seemed to be missing that modern functionality. I also cant abide dropped ceilings that come to just 4" over my head.
I consider the primary victim of this project to be Marta Kessler. She is to be co-inhabitant, gardener supreme, and mistress of the domicile. The minute I got my grungy hands on the place - thanks to a large sum of money lent by questionable people with lots of it - I thought: "my, couldn't I make a couple nice changes here and there." So, much to her chagrin, I've decided to make a project out of it, and a blog out of the project.
A funny harbinger of the issues to come was courtesy of the un-concerned building inspector, who was actually a real tool. When I asked about some supporting pressure treated posts that had been set by someone under the basement joists. He said quote - those are temporary. Great to hear dude! but can you embellish the mystery of that statement with a little more flourish. Temporary. To code? Rotten in 10 years? Imminently unstable? In all likelihood, this will be a deep retrofit of sorts.
The time line for move in is ASAP, not to pay double rent, so it is basically all systems go...
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