Hit Me, GC, One More Time (or: Oops, We Gutted The House)
Yup, another long blog hiatus, but happy to report that we've made a ton of progress. But, as the title of this post suggests, that progress has come along with a recurring case of scope creep. Our plans (and our budget) were built on the assumption that certain mechanical systems and interior fixtures were, to some extent, salvageable. This kept the project from being what you might call a "total gut job". We assumed certain walls, a bit of plumbing, electrical and HVAC, some trim, and bunch of other odds and end could stay as-is, therefore limiting the amount of stuff we had to build new and keeping our budget trim and tidy. As we all know, hindsight is 20/20, but when it comes to our ability to limit the scope to only replacing the bits that we absolutely knew needed replacing, I would say we were basically legally blind. That 75% repair turned into a 100% gut in a few too many instances, but, good news, it only cost an extra 30%! Wait... So, where did we get hit ...