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[kristian]

Originally posted by Cleo
It is going to be very nice when it is done.

I'm really pushing everyone as I'm trying to get things done before all the holidays kick in and no one is working.

The big stumbling block right now is if I can get the granite counter tops in before the holidays. They can't come in and make their templates before the kitchen cabinets are in and they take about two weeks from the time they make their templates and you go over to their warehouse and pick out your slab of stone to get them installed. My kitchen sink is installed on the underside of the counter top so no counter tops no kitchen sink.

It is the most expensive chunk of rock that I've ever bought.

I don't really care that much if my office and guest bedroom get done by the holidays but I sure would like a kitchen by then.

You'll get it done, I have every confidence. The hard part is logistics and you've got that under control. Probably like you, what I do is sit down and budget everything before I start, add a contingency of ususally 12.5%, and the fun for me is seeing it all come together. I buy terraced houses and do them up nice and cheap so that I can rent them out to students or families (though, no granite kitchen counters in them, too expensive!) We had granite in our last house and it looks great, the best material there is.

Oh and . . . the most expensive rock you don't intend to smoke