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ZOMG progress

 Photos!

Build is starting!

Demo complete, footings in place. The build is about to start! Here, photos:

Not much new to report.

Not much new to report this week. The cement has been delivered for the footings (and if you're the type to quibble over concrete vs cement, you can hush right now). We've been told the work on the footings should start late this week. 

We've paid for the new windows and doors. That was a tidy chunk of change. *Wipes brow* 

They say there's an 18-week delay on sliding doors (something to do with the availability of tempered glass?!?), So I hope they'll make it in before the builder's barge is out of the water for the season.

We've been noodling about looking at solar solutions, but no firm decisions have been made there.

And I'm hoping to start planning the kitchen cabinetry, if only IKEA would stop pushing back the launch date for their home planner app. Was July 5. Now July 12. Software the world over: never delivered on time.

Here's a bucolic view of the lake (our island is the big one on the left). Our cottage is around the other side, though.

And here's an action-packed shot of our concrete, courtesy of our neighbour, Doug:

There was a hole...🎵

We visited the "cottage" last weekend, only to discover that it is 100% gone! I can't believe how quickly it came down. So fast.

Currently we are pounding our heads against questions about siding, windows, doors, and solar power. The island is prone to power outages that can last for days. That, combined with the usurious "delivery fees" Hydro One charges, is pushing us towards a solar (possibly solar+wind) solution for our hydro. We get good strong winds off the lake, so wind is a viable option for us.

And now, photos of the hole:

Neighbourly update

Some photos of the current state of the demolition, sent by our awesome cottage neighbour, Doug:

So here's what we're thinking...

Firstly, this is definitely the shape of the new cottage..it's almost the exact same size/footprint as the old cottage, just wider by 10ft on the northish side (the side towards the peaky bunky). We're also going to be adding a "utility room/crawlspace" beneath the cottage, and a second story loft/storage/overflow sleeping space upstairs.

Because we need to order windows and doors toutysuitey, I need to figure what colour those windows and doors should be. And to figure THAT out, I need to have made decision on siding/trim colours. *Exasperated sigh*.

After much agonizing over super boring siding colours, here's the current front-runner for the colour-scheme (and it changes almost hourly):

Ignore the woopsiness of some of my windows and doors in the rendering; the visualizer tool was cumbersome and I grew sloppy. The backdoor in the side view will be a screen door into the covered porch, the tool didn't have any.

I think we're ready to place the doors/windows order on Monday. If I don't waffle again about the colours.