It has to get Worse Before it gets Better.

.....the title is my new mantra.  I keep on telling myself it will get better.  The new house build is going great, but our current house condition leaves a little a lot to be desired.  We are trying to get the house ready to put on the market, but our efforts seem to be putting us further back than moving us ahead.  Let me give you the visual evidence to prove my point.

Basement

   It all started with a "small" project.  Our basement is frightening, but we have to go down into it multiple times a day in the winter to keep wood in the wood burning furnace.  As you can imagine it is not very fun to walk down in a damp, dark, dirt covered basement that you have to walk hunched over in order to save your head from being lopped off with a beam.  This project is part of "operation sell this house"  We felt this was a necessary fix in order for someone to want to buy this gem of a house.   
   The plan was to dig the dirt floor of the basement down a few feet and pour a new floor and a curbed support around the bottom part of the walls.  There is also some new drainage action happening around the perimeter of the basement.  
   The contractor said it would take about a week and they would be in and out in no time.  The project was supposed to completed while we were on vacation.  They started while were away, but as I sit here on a Sat. morning  2 weeks later I hear the sound of workers in my basement shoveling gravel to prepare the floor to be finished with concrete.  Needless to say they were NOT in and out.
     I think I was so focused on getting the basement finished I didn't quite understand the domino effect this would have on the rest of the property.  

         

If you dig out a basement.....

You will have large construction vehicles at your house for days on end...

A new road will be created in your backyard (even if you don't need it).

Your lawn  weeds will not get mowed.

Your freezer, furnace, basement door, and lawn tools will be re purposed as lawn decor  .

This has nothing to do with our little basement job, but it seems to fit in with the demise of our backyard.  Our pool liner is leaking and is looking suspiciously like a pond.  The girls are on the lookout for frogs.

   So there you have it.  I hoping this is the "worse" part and in the near future the "better" will start to show itself.  Please don't judge us for living like this.  We are still doing our laundry and showering everyday!