7/30/2023 0 Comments Hell architect genresI endeavor to remind myself that I don’t normally have the luxury of watching how every step is made and would I even know if the walls were brushed off before painting if I didn’t already know the answer? Again … Michelangelo’s neighbor.Īs I carefully move around the space, to avoid finding myself in a dark dead-end corridor in the wrong area of the house, I tell myself to be productive, collaborative, and educational. You can’t escape the dust, the noise, and for people like me who presumably know better, the lack of cogent workflow. My house is around 3,500 square feet and we are doing work in all but +/- 120 square feet. One of the issues – which is a problem of my own creation – is that we actually have a deadline in place for the completion of this work, a deadline made more difficult on my contractor because we are living in the house through this construction process. This would fall into the “on-going problems” category. In fact, I literally told them that this afternoon and the leader assured me that they were as he gestured towards a broom, the very same one used to sweep up the job site, that is being used to brush down the walls prior to painting. That might be a little harsh but I get the feeling that I need to tell these guys “just so you know, you need to actually clean the walls of dust prior to painting them …”. On top of that, it’s quite possible that Michelangelo’s neighbor 5 streets over has decided that he hates painting. The way I explained it to my daughter was like this: If I was paying Michelangelo to paint my house, I would expect it to be perfect, but I’m not – I’m essentially paying Michelangelo’s neighbor 5 streets over to paint my house and apparently this the first house he has ever painted. I am doing my absolute darndest to keep my expectations in line with the amount of money I am paying but despite my best efforts, I am not always successful. Since I am living in my house while this current work in taking place, I get non-stop unfettered access to everything at all times … and someone is going to get killed (my vote is for the person who doesn’t do physical labor all day – the odds are not in my favor). I am not as wealthy as my clients and what I know is a lot different than the services for which I am capable of paying.įelt dirty writing that last sentence out since it’s done, let’s get to why that might actually matter.įor years, I have maintained that if I can be involved during the construction process, and I mean regular access to the job site, I tend to catch things that aren’t being done correctly and are then able to deal with those issues in a simple, and typically non-aggressive, manner. I should point out a few things – probably obvious to many of you but just in case, things would be easier just by putting them out there. I can’t help but wonder if this is a little cosmic karma coming back on my since I spent so many years of my professional life working with people on their own renovations that it only seems fitting that I have to go through some unpleasantness associated with the process myself. It’s been two weeks since I told everyone that I am working on my house, and during those two weeks, a lot has happened but only half of it is any good. Unfortunately for me, I don’t have either of those two things and the last two weeks have been pretty rough … not in a “working-in-a-traveling-carnival” sort of way, but I would imagine that both equally unpleasant and would cause you to re-evaluate your life decisions several times a day.Īlso, I bet carnivals can sometimes be fun whereas renovations rarely are. Renovating your home is fun … as long as you have an unlimited budget and don’t have to live there during the process.
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