If any of you want to just walk through the house to see what it's like before the remodel, we are going to have it open this Sunday, 10/20, from 4-5 pm. Send us a message if you need the address.
We'll have the new floor plans and tile selections on hand.
Of course, we'll have a bigger (and real, with food!) open house after the remodel is done and we have (temporarily) moved back in there. This "open house" is for the folks who haven't seen how it is currently laid out inside and want to have the "before" visual.
House Specific Updates
Old house: We are set to go with a builder that has worked primarily in the Houston Heights for the past 20 years. The references have been great and we have appreciated the interactions we've had with one of the principals. It is a family outfit of 3 brothers and approximately 35 full-time employees (trades are subbed out to their regular subs). We anticipate a great result based on everything we have heard. (We discovered them on Angie's List.)
New house: The design competition on Arcbazar continues to attract more interest. We are now up to 22 designers from around the world. We have had just a few questions from a designer so far, but we put up a very detailed spec. Some designers may feel they have everything they need to know to create a design for us. Also, there are still 4.5 weeks left in the competition, and many will likely be working on the project more as the deadline approaches and questions may fly then.We continue to be impressed at the submitted designs for other competitions, and we often have a "wow! that design is so perfect!" reaction to the winning design (just like the client). We wish we had known about Arcbazar for the old house simply because we are curious what they'd have dreamt up as solutions. As it is, we are pretty happy with the design we created, and we're anxious to see it built out.
Finally, forward motion is on the horizon!
