We Interrupt This Stop Work Order....

You may have noticed that we haven't posted in some time. It's not that we have forgotten to post, it's just that nothing substantial had taken place up until last week. Yes, we've gotten a really nice taste of the bureaucracy that is the NYC Department of Buildings.

Just as a quick update, we were slapped with a Stop Work Order on May 27 when DOB came by to inspect the house on 3 separate occassions. The inspectors came up with five "violations" which we cured in 24 hours. That was the easy part. The hard part? It took us over a week and a half to get the inspectors back to the house to sign off that we'd taken care of their violations.

That's all in the past - for now at least - and we've restarted construction. We've made some nice progress on the extension and the master bathroom part of the extension on the 3rd floor is pretty much framed out. We've also received a lot of the plumbing fixtures and the radiators. Here are some photos:

A look from the inside of the master bathroom portion of the extenion




More shots of the master bathroom and the patio/deck which will be accessible from the master bedroom.




Tough to see the progress of the back with the trees in bloom.



Couple of shots of the inside. Below are some of the newly arrived plumbing fixtures




Some unplanned demolition. I guess the demo plan wasn't clear that the transition area from the dining room to the kitchen was to remain. We're going to have to rethink some of the design elements there in order to make clear where the kitchen ends and where the dining room begins.