Accomplishments!

Our new kitchen windows are finally in, and our contractor has finished this job and moved most of their stuff out (he'll be back to collect the ladders). We passed our electric inspection. While we are still a long way away from electric throughout the house we do have the main upgrade and new service panel in place.
The second picture is of our new bathroom subfloor. 3rd picture shows some of the joists we had repaired. And I've also included a picture of the mini closet now out of the master bedroom.

Back Door

Our back door is up! It will be finished today along with the installation of the windows. We also have our PECO (electric) inspection today. And if all goes well the contractors will be out today allowing us to get the place cleaned out again and ready for the final gutting.

Kitchen Subfloor Finished

The delays with the contractor have been continuous and expensive. In order for the contractors to do the work we needed to upgrade our electric system. This meant we also had to figure out exactly what electric power we were going to need, use, and where (I think we sort of figured this out).
We do now have reliable power and the beginning of a new circuit panel. Our kitchen subfloor is finished and level. The pictures also show the bathroom floor ready for its new floor and another bedroom fully gutted.

We have a contractor and a toilet!

We have selected a contractor to help with leveling and installing a new subfloor for our kitchen and bathroom, repairing rotting floor joists, installing 2 new windows, installing our back door and repairing the brick around the door. Some of their materials arrived yesterday and they should start work today! Our toilet arrived yesterday, which was a huge surprise as the order originally said it could take 4-5 weeks - we ordered it a few days ago!! Also our bathroom wall is finished and up.

Contractors

This past week has been the most trying so far for me. After gutting out more of the kitchen and preparing to install our new back door we discovered the water damage has affected more floor joists and brick work than we thought. One of the windows also needs replacing as the entire frame is rotted out and with a slight push I could probably push it out right now. Currently our door opening is in need of immediate repair work. I've meet with numerous contractors over the last couple of days and they all have informed me of the missing lintel on the door and that the only thing holding that brick in place is the stucco on the outside which is in its own state of deterioration. Needless to say that will be fixed shortly. The positive side is I think we are getting close to selecting a contractor to help us with the repair work.

We have Electricity!

Our new bathroom wall is ready to go up & we also managed to dispose of the trash we had amassed.

Kitchen

Yesterday I worked on the kitchen some more - removed the sink and cabinet, took down more rotting drywall, false walls around the duct work, and started on the ceiling. Hope to have this room ready for repairs by the end of the day!

Bathroom Expansion

We are getting ready to move one wall to create a larger bathroom. This also means we have to change two doorways....