More progess and paperwork

I spent the morning with the general contractor, and then left to take care of other things. There's not as much at the house I need to do as there is away from the house. I've been making a point of splitting my time - I don't want to be unavailable and hold the job up when a decision needs to be made, but there is lots still to do away from the house.

One of the things I worked on today was rounding up business licenses for all the contractors for the city I live in. They require that everyone that works on the house have a city business license (different from their state contractor license). What a hassle this is! When I say they want a license for everyone, I mean everyone. They have a 7 page list of all sorts of contractors (4 for concrete alone) and then a space for all other. They even want the dumpster and portable toilet companies to be licensed. The snag I was running into was with the window delivery. They require that whoever delivers the windows have a business license. I purchased the windows at a building supply store outside the city, and they (or the national manufacturer) will deliver them to me. My contractor will install them, so this is strictly delivery. The city wants a business license for them.

One of the things I did with the contractor today was work out a schedule for each day of what will be done. This was his idea, and I think it's a really good one. That way we'll both know what needs to be done when and if we're ahead or behind. He also said it helps keep the homeowner sane because I don't have to wonder when "x" will be done, if it's been forgotten, if it's being done in the proper order, etc. The good news is he thinks he will be out by April 11th! Wow, that is soon. After he leaves, the only things left to do are finish work - installing faucets, lights, etc. If we can finish near this date, we will meet our goal of being in by May 1st. How exciting.

C and I discussed actual move dates tonight. I really want to start thinking and planning for a move near the end of April (4/29) or Early May (5/6). C wants to put our 30 day notice in for our apartment on March 30th! Yikes! That's a week from Thursday! He's braver than me, but we'll see where we are that day.

This is a shot of the bathroom floor completely gone: