Real Estate Feast

Kitchen renovation plods on

Day fifty of camping out on the back porch.

The cast of characters has expanded to include Jack the permit fixer, Hernan and Arial the Argentinean architects and Edward the engineer.  The Miami-Dade County building department insisted on a master permit to “tie” the plumbing, electrical, ventilation and gas permits together and this entailed getting a complete set of architecture and engineering drawings detailing the “scope of work”.  My personal suspicion is that since the decline of South Florida real estate had led to a virtual cessation of construction, there is a big incentive for the building department to create unnecessary inspection work for itself.  But that’s just my opinion and please don’t let the department know that I feel that way.  If they find out I dissed them, this could drag on until it gets hot again and then camping out on the back porch won’t be any fun at all. 

Yesterday chief kitchen designer and Wife Extraordinaire and I picked out our counter top material.  We decided on “Venecia”, a white quartz compound embedded with bits of colored stone from Compac.  Harder than granite and less prone to scratching and staining.  The cabinets are almost done and will be stored until we get back on track.

Wish us luck.

If you’d like to find out anything about South Florida real estate, or kitchen renovations, you can reach me at 305-401-8058 or bishopric.r@ewm.com.

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