August was a complete wash thanks to the inability of the architect and engineer to come up with a beam that was acceptable both to the engineers and to the city. After weeks of doing nothing, they finally came up with the blue beams that you see here.
In September, the new beams are installed and the tie beams tied, so we are ready to go. The General Contractor is dying to get out of there so we see some real speed. Workers show up in numbers and work long days.
We can now begin getting a true sense of what the house will look like. The new entrance comes up (the typical, standard issue Coral Gables entrance); the back looks real, with the new living room getting dimension. Soon we will begin seeing interior partitions.
We are still living well inside the house as all of the construction is happening outside.
We are surrounded by noise, workers and inspectors. Overall, however, we have not had a single problem with inspectors, as the GC knows the regulations and works well within them.
