Roof & Paint Done, Just add Landscaping!

Getting ready to pour garage slab

Garage slab is poured.

The garage walls and roof are on!

View of Garage from Alley

Waterproofing was sprayed on and the perimeter drain was installed.

Sump Pump for Perimeter Drain and Hole for Sewer Line

Pouring the concrete floor for the basement

Man with remote is controlling where the concrete goes

Vapor Barrier goes under concrete floor

Pouring and Shaping the Concrete

Random Guys drinking Buds at noon watching this all go down

The footer concrete was poured on Saturday!

Another footer shot

After that dried, the foundation contractors came back and built the forms to pour the concrete basement walls. That was poured on Tuesday. They sure are fast and efficient. We are almost done with the foundation … just need to waterproof it all and then backfill and add a perimeter drain. Then we are on to utility work/excavation for the underground sewer and water lines. Here are some shots of the basement walls:

The forms for the basement walls

shot from the back looking to the front street

Side angle that shows the below grade counterfort

Here are some photos of the excavation / footer / foundation work:

Excavation

The hole is a little bigger now

Loading the Giant Dump Truck with Dirt

Ready to Pour the Footers!

Here are some sketches and floorplans of the building:

South Acoma Duplex - Modular Construction in Denver

1st Floor Plan

2nd Floor Plan

If anyone needs a good gift idea, check out the cut paper art that I make. I have done portraits of my dog, Michael Houser (Widespread Panic), Tiger Woods, Bob Marley, Anthony Thomas (University of Michigan) and Jaromir Jagr. I can create a custom piece based off a photograph.

Also, Mike has been diligently working on a site geared toward making art out of recycled materials. This site is intended to be a portal for people to buy and sell recycled art. It is still very much a work in progress, and any comments or referrals are appreciated.

One final site to visit (which is not ours, but we’ve been working on it for a client) is decorative concrete in Denver CO. This is the website for Table Mountain Creative Concrete, who does amazing work like stamped concrete, stained concrete, concrete countertops, floors, walls, patios, driveways, etc.

Right after selling Lowell, we turned around and put the money into another property in Denver, near Broadway and Evans. It’s southwest of that intersection, in the Overland neighborhood. We didn’t know much about the neighborhood before buying it, but we’ve been pleasantly surprised at the cool shops and restarurants nearby. The house is only 4 blocks away from the Denver/Englewood border, so its close to the cute downtown area of Englewood. The house is also only about 4 blocks to the Evans light rail stop, which takes you downtown very easily.

So, about the house. It was built around 1900. It’s cute, but when we bought it, we knew there were some foundation issues. Trees growing out of the side of the house = bad. It was our intention to buy the house, then have experts determine the condition of the foundation and recommend a course of action … either fix it, or tear the house down. And wouldn’t you know it, we ended up tearing it down. The foundation would’ve been over $30K to fix, and there wasn’t much value in the existing house to warrant the expenses. The good thing for us is the house is on a ‘double lot’ which is zoned for a duplex. So a duplex we shall build. Here are some before and after shots of the house and demo.