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Believe it or not we have been making progress. Slow progress but progress nonetheless. The holidays definitely set us back a few weeks. We needed drawings to submit to the city showing which walls we were going to demo and where we would be building new walls. I had an architect come out and start the measurements but she was moving too slow so I ended up doing them in the end. It was just as well. I basically knew what I wanted and was just using her as a draftsperson. So I downloaded some free software and did it myself. It took me a while though to get it all right so I don't know how much time we really saved. Money though, yes. Now we are just waiting for the city's review and approval which is supposed to just take a couple of days. But there is a backlog down at the city and it has been taking a couple months, minimum. It is somewhat of a disaster. Anyone you talk to in Austin that has had to work with the city in the last six months for residential building permits has some kind of horror story. So just add us to the list. In the meantime, I think there is some demo work we can do. Hopefully that is enough to keep us feeling like there is forward motion.

These drawings show how things will be, not as they are. Big picture - we are moving the stairs from the dining room to the front entry, we are combining an enclosed sunroom and bedroom to make a master suite, and the attic is being completely reworked. Suggestions? Speak now.