Delays are over

It's been a whole year since I've posted anything here! Not much was happening .. There have been a lot of delays, mostly having to do with permits, sign-offs, and general red tape type stuff. Construction has been in full swing since August .. they've dug the hole, finished the shoring and the crane should be delivered any time now.

According to the original time line, move in was scheduled for August 2009. The move in date is now set for January 2011. That date is padded a bit .. with any luck I'll be in My New Condo before that.

I've been tweaking the floor plan some more .. I'm now looking at turning it into a one bedroom, giving me a much larger living area .. The new floor plan has been sent off to the architects, I'll post it here when I hear back.

During the delays, there were a couple of people that bailed .. the developers kindly let them out of the purchase agreement .. so .. if you were sad about missing out of the42, you may want to get in touch with them to see what's available. Prices will be about 10% higher than the original offering though.

Condo for $100?

This person is raffling off her condo. $100 a ticket, 2500 tickets in all.

Hmm .. maybe I overpaid ..

Stuff is Starting to Happen!

The developers gave an update on their facebook page:

Just a quick update for those of you following the42 timeline...

Habitat for Humanity just finished stripping the interiors of the 4 houses this past week. They'll be back through just prior to demolition to salvage the exterior doors and windows too. All in all, we were very pleased with the amount of reusable items that were salvaged.

Starting next Monday, the Waterloo Fire Department will be using the houses for training exercises. It's mostly search and rescue type stuff with practice cutting through walls, ceiling and roofs. Over a 3 week period, most of the local firefighters should get some training time in at the site.

Following the Fire Department, the part you've all been waiting for - demolition!

More to follow...

This note was from July 16. Can't wait until those houses go down, should be soon!

Psuedo Tour of My New Condo

It's really hard to get a feel for what your condo will be like based off of the floor plan - takes a lot of imagination. I've been measuring some of the rooms in my house and comparing them to the floor plan .. this helped, but apparently it wasn't enough for me.

In the office where I work, there is a large open area in the cafeteria. I stayed late one night and setup much of the layout of my condo using tape on the floor and furniture to represent the walls. Perhaps a geeky thing to do .. but it really helped me visual the final result. I'm even thinking of undoing the changes that I made to the floor plan because of what I saw.

I had my camera with me, so I took a video tour for posterity. Enjoy.

Not Even the42 Can Do This

Holy crap:



Some guy wants to build a condo where each floor can move around independently. Really. Check out the video: