Little House on a Big Lake
The purpose of this blog is to share the excitement of building our new house. The WEW estate (Waller-Evans Walbridge) has been designed to meet the ongoing needs of our delightful clan to have a place to congregate.
Architect
Carnegie Place
247 N. Goodman Street
Rochester, New York 14607
Stephan B. Takatch, AIA
General Contractor
Geneva Home Builders, Inc.
507 Washington Street
Geneva, NY 14456
Kitchen Designer
L.A. Johnson Construction Co.
PO Box 129
Geneva, NY 14456
(315) 789-7756
The new kitchen
The little yellow house on the Lake
Monday, June 4, 2007
The Little House Recycled
Well, today the demolition occurred. Much of the materials in the house are being recycled. The oak floors are in Catherine Gallouet’s house. We will be reusing the doors from the little house. We will be reusing the bathroom fixtures from downstairs in an upstairs bathroom. The sliding doors will go on the billiard room. Pipes, windows, and other materials will also be reused. But nevertheless this era is over.
Susan’s lilac bush and Grandma’s Rose of Sharon are still there and a
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Plans Complete
Yesterday we received the construction drawings. That means we can get a building permit and begin. It also means we can finalize our financial arrangements. That will determine our actual budget. So now the choices become real. We are loading up the storage unit--which is huge. It is forty foot long but filling up (alarmingly).
We got good news from the septic architect. He designed and got approved a traditional septic system in place of our old one, rather than an aerobic system--
Friday, March 9, 2007
Moving Ahead
The tree guy came this week and cut up the giant maple sticks in to 16” or so lengths. So Richard Mason was outside splitting wood this morning delighted with the prospect of free heat for awhile.
The building inspector came out today to look at the site. I showed him the property lines, pins, lot edges and other stuff. We will go to the zoning board of appeals on Tuesday evening to ask for a couple of variances. We will be a bit in the set back still. But the current house and garages
Saturday, March 3, 2007
It has been a slow couple of weeks
Just to catch you all up.
Yes, some of the lights were jokes.
We will not make the house green even though Kevin Dunn thought it looked great.
The Bank has indicated that they will lend the necessary funds for the project.
The tree guy is coming back to cut up the wood into reasonable lengths.
Our contractor is meeting with the zoning board of appeals on Tuesday night for clarification on setbacks from the high water mark and approval of the location of the new septic system vis-a-vis the
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Progress?
The maple tree in the once and future kitchen got cut down several hours before the snow started. So if you know anyone who would like a 25 foot long, 4 foot thick, 2 ton or so, maple stick please let us know.
Susan and I spent the day looking at appliances and fixtures and lights. Every time we think we have made a decision we discover more decisions we are going to have to make. We are going to post some options we have considered on another page of photographs. Please send us your
Photo above: Bill contemplating demolition options.
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