Winter Construction Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGBh1khnhyU Even though most of the action has been indoors since late December (partly due to weather, and partly because that’s where most of the work is!), there’s still a lot [...]
Exterior Detail Work
A great spell of dry weather mid-month has really helped the crews make progress with the exterior detail work. Our garage doors from Door Systems Metro Boston arrived two weeks ago and were installed. The shutters - exact replicas of [...]
Kitchen Countertops
Recently I accompanied our designer down to the stone fabricator to sign off on the final layouts for our kitchen countertops. Our fabricator, New View Marble and Granite in Franklin, MA, had been up earlier in the week to prepare [...]
Framing Continues
Until last Friday’s storm, the last few weeks of good weather have let our great framing crew make excellent progress. In the main photo above you can see the original house, the new first floor, and the end walls [...]
New Foundation: Lifting an Old House
In one of those occupational hazards of restoring an old house, we’ve discovered that the two 120-year old foundation walls we’d planned to retain are not structurally sound enough to keep, and so will have to be replaced [...]
Zoning Approval and Demo Begins!
Our next big milestone: Zoning Board of Appeals approval! Our special permit has been approved and we’re underway with serious demo. As part of Green Phoenix’s mission to be a good environmental steward, we’re working hard to [...]
Success! Historical Commission approval.
We have negotiated our first step of the renovation project: approval from the Historical Commission to renovate the house. The town justifiably is concerned about the loss of its historic architecture and character, so older homes need to go through [...]
