Finishing Progress

We just passed the 5 year anniversary of starting on this project. And yeah, there’s still a list. I can count the project to-do’s on two hands now, whereas several months ago, I could not even conceive of the full list. Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve been up to over the last couple of months.

I had to get the strata registered, which meant a detailed property survey and documentation that meets Strata Act requirements, plus legal assistance to create the two parcel IDs and file with the Land Title office. $10k later, at least we won’t ever have to do that again.

Matt’s been making progress on his pièce de résistance, his workshop building:

And our interior millwork:

We had to fix our front stair when the nose broke off. And this was already a re-pour of the whole thing.

Kudos to Brian from Interactive for his fancy (and effective) formwork:

We had to build this wired glass overhang as part of the City’s “triplex” fire protection demands. On the plus side, it gave us the opportunity to repurpose and showcase more of the beautiful fir from the old house.

I’ve been tending to the landscaping as it grows in:

Our daughter and her friends are breaking in the hard landscaping. The patterning between the woolly thyme, black concrete parking strips and gravel is visually appealing but also invites leaping between the different segments. What a bonus when kids find pleasure in what we thought were mostly practical choices.

They also love the backyard of the suite for sale. We may have to amend the purchase contract to give usage rights to the kids. Just kidding, but I never fully appreciated the appeal of a simple patch of grass until this summer. I’ve spent more time than I care to tabulate pushing the mower over said grass, mind you, but at least its growth has now slowed. It was out of control for a while there.