Rather than simply patch it back together, we decided the best thing to do was to tear it down, and rebuild from the ground up.
While this will result in a better, more maintainable house, unfortunately while the construction is ongoing Sweetie's sister and her family will be forced to live in a chicken coop! So the best thing to do is get this house build as quickly as possible!
Unfortunately, just a few days before the decision to raze the house was made, Grump got in a snit and quit his job. (He calls it "retirement"; we just call it being temporarily unemployed.) So, the money to fund this project is hard to come by at the moment; which means that Sweetie's sister and her family will probably have to suffer living in the chicken coop way longer than is desirable.
Sweetie paid a local guy, (a self-taught architect), to draw up some plans for the new house:
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| Plans for the new "Ranchero Ruperto" |
If all goes well, it will be a nice looking house!
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| What the house will look like from the outside |
Please tell me that these bananas aren't considered a "construction material"!
Legitimate construction materials arrived, such as these bags of cement, and some gravel.
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| Bags of cement |
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| Gravel |
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| Gathering on the porch before it is demolished |
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| Construction Trucks in the background |
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| Rebar! |
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| Another load of Gravel arrives |
Measuring for where the new home will be located.
This is an exciting project for Sweetie's family, but I feel really bad that folks have to live in the chicken coop during the construction!
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