Kitchen Update

The kitchen and associated remodeling is coming along nicely. Kitchen tile is down and partially grouted, dry wall is hung and finished but still to be primed. The cabinets went up last week and most of the trim is completed. Counter tops were measured and arrived this morning. They are being installed as I speak; appliances are in and working. I reckon we are about 2-3 weeks from 100% completion and finishing touches, but we should be able to host Burns Supper on the 25th! This picture is the stone installed on the bar in the family room.

Work is well advanced in the powder room floor and we can already use it. Those trips up and down the stairs were becoming tedious! As you would expect, there have been some hiccups and a lot of on the spot decisions to be made along the way. The two major gotchas have been the duct work that we knew was a mess, but just not quite how much of a mess, and the electrical supply service which we found out is aluminum (or aluminium for my UK readers), instead of copper and is not compliant with code requirements. Those two items alone caused change orders in the total amount a tad over $4k.

We had been able to make some changes along the way, tweaks here and there and the contractor, Ruben Stef (Stef General Construction) has been FIRST CLASS, I can strongly recommend him and his team/sub contractors. Their work quality is exceptional and Ruben's attention to detail is outstanding. Check him out here on the BBB as an A+ rating

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