Finally Moving Forward
Sunday, May 08
So after a month of nothing, I finally got a quote from the framer I wanted to use and we are moving forward. The contractor had ended up in the ER for a week and needed another week of rest after his release. My patience and concern for him paid off with a inexpensive quote and a start day of th...
Waiting, Waiting, Waiting.
Friday, April 22
The demo of the house is pretty much done and I am now waiting on the architect. After talking to the permitting office a second time, I need an architectural drawing of the house to get a building permit to rebuild load bearing walls. Since I have to do this anyways, I decided to redo the house ...
Demo Days
Sunday, March 27
After checking with the Deer Park permitting office, they confirmed that I do not need a permit to demo the house I bought. I am a full week into the demolition of the BRRRR house and I am progressing faster than I thought. The first few days I only worked a few hours because of things I had sche...
Done With Work. Rehab Full Time?
Tuesday, March 15
This week completes my responsibilities for my career. Today was my final day across town witnessing procedures. Thursday I have a day trip to Odessa Texas to help a friend sell some work in my specialty. I am doing it as a favor after I found out that his father owned a contracting company and h...
Home, Work and The Rehab
Thursday, March 10
So I got home a few days ago and had a whole 24 hours to myself and my family before the email came in for me to work across town. Given the state of the oil and gas business, I wasn't complaining. Come to find out, the company I audit for is putting a fairly large job out to bid. Two of the comp...
Unemployed?
Sunday, February 28
So it's not looking good for the future of the oil and gas business. There is only one more short project on the books for our company, which I might or might not be on. So there's a good chance that this project might be my last. I have about 10 days of work left and then I could be sitting at h...