The Brandt Blog

It was a little bit slow this week…but happily, there is still progress to share.  The excavator came out and spread some black dirt around the lot to get it close to the final grading.  With the grading just about done, we can start working with the landscaper on the walkway and burying the downspouts. […]

Here’s Anne (tired of the slow pace of the construction) pitching in with a drywall sander. The painting crew arrives on Friday and the flooring installation should commence on this Monday.

It was a pretty productive week for the stonemasons and mudders. The masons finished bricking in the exterior doorways and building the loggia chimney while the mudders applied their third coat of mud.  As it currently stands…the mud should be sanded this week and their work completed Wed/Thu. The masons’ remaining exterior workload consists of […]

Imagine the disappointment of driving by at 9am only to see NO CARS lining the street or occupying the driveway…this after months of busy, busy work on the house. The drywallers were waiting for the latest coat of mud to dry; the masons were waiting for…well, they’re the masons. Anne and I went by after […]

Well – the drywall installers have just about hung all of the sheetrock.  With that, it looks like a house…except without furniture.  Or A/C.  Or paint.  Or flooring.  Okay – it looks like an grayish, empty house…but we really are getting an idea of what the rooms truly ‘feel’ like and that’s an(other) exciting step forward. […]