Well, Day 1 begins with Kevin and his absolutely super frigging fantastic friend - Dominique removing the upper cabinetry, some of the lower cabinetry, the tile counter tops, the tile backsplash, and the appliances. Pretty frigging unbelievable for one day I think.
After a long day, Kevin comes home to shower, unwind, and hopefully have a nice dinner. But at 5:00 pm, (before dinner is served), our contractor/acquaintance calls and he is ready to come over and have a look at the job site to give us some tips and analysis. Our assumption is that he will think we are utter geniuses - what a great job we have done mapping it all out. We'll just get the permits and carry right on....
Well, as it turns out, the job is much more complicated and costly than expected. To begin with, we've already violated the permits by beginning the demo without the permits. Next, if we try to get permits, they will want asbestos testing, will require all fluorescent lighting (fuck no!), and the wall we wanted to take out can only be partially removed (so back to the fancy graph paper to rework the cabinetry - (good thing we haven't bought it yet!). The walls behind the cabinets are bad so we will have to rip most of it out down to the studs (at least we can add some bloody insulation). There are multiple layers of linoleum under the current linoleum. Finally, the electrical panel will need to be upgraded now that the stove will no longer be gas and it will cost a few grand to do that. We are also advised not to get a junk bin as this will tip off the neighbours, and any inspectors that might stop by.
Shit.
We didn't sleep very well that night.
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