The basement had white, organic wool wall-to-wall carpet in the finished portion (bedroom + living area).

Her house was built in 1955 , CB STUCCO .The exterior wall.  

In Italy the covered square meters include the thickness of the walls, whereas common walls with the neighbors are calculated 50%.

It ended up taking us 5 weeks longerWe learnt how to fix walls, toilets, install flooring, painting etc.

I suggest you not tape a list of strategies to a wall and throw a dart at it.

After that you just mud over it and feather around to match the rest of your wall. 

friend with wife and young daughter mentioned their landlord is knocking down shower and bathroom walls, and they just had to shower and use the bathroom in backyar. said landlord refused to provide even a local motel room to go and use the bathroom/shower at.friend seems irate enough to be especially upset that has 2 yr lease and 'feels' landlord/owner's actions are in breach of it. also mentioned in ripping out walls they and some framing are covered in 'black slimy looking stuff' and the repairmen did not cover any of his furniture and it may be contaminated (with dust, debris, spores?)

This is what I see.... the outside joists (the joists perpendicular to the exterior wall) are supporting the entire load of the deck.

Her father was at the home, and showed me basically everything in the house that he would replace, this list included new counter tops, new cabinets, buying new doors for the interior of the home (lol), and re-painting the walls (previous home owners didn't know about painter's tape).

I can easily add ducts since the ceilings and walls have been removed.