Just a quick post to summarize the 2022 season. I took delivery of the washer/dryer and got them installed and running as my final act of 2022 before closing up for the…
Category: Construction
Mudroom Floor Tile
October will mark a notable milestone for my work at Belleview – gas will be hooked up, hot water will be running, and a washer/dryer will be installed. All of the plumbing…
End of the Season
With Thanksgiving upon us, the 2020 season for Project Belleview is pretty much complete. I might get lucky with a few warm day in December, but seeing as how the primary project…
Miscellaneous Project Week
As the heat of summer continues, I took a few days to work on several separate projects to setup work to be done in the fall.
Plumbing Infrastructure
With the exterior complete, aside from painting and a few smaller projects, it’s time to focus indoors. First up is the start of my plumbing infrastructure. Until now, I had things like…
Screened Porch Decking
My last update was in November and, as is typically the case, not much happened through the winter. But then just as it was getting a little warmer so work could continue,…
New Porch, New Roof
Right now there’s some continued contractor work being done on my behalf while I’m safely back in NYC. Some of this work I could do myself, but in reality, it would take…
Completing the Ground Work
Once the new foundation and drainage was completed, there was the matter of “cleaning up” the surrounding ground as well as replacing a few of the wall boards that had begun to…
Foundation and Drain
After the foundation work in the back of the house was completed, we took a look at the front. Digging down just a little where the rot can be seen quickly revealed…
The New Bedroom!
Belleview is a small cottage; I mean really small. The layout when we purchased it had two bedrooms, but the “larger” one couldn’t even fit a queen bed and the smaller one,…