Work on House

I know I need to post about our trip to WI but since we are getting work done upstairs, the computer is off limits so I can't load my pictures quite yet. Here is what Rolling Stone thought of the concert:


http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pearl-jam-reward-fans-with-epic-two-day-festival-20110906?print=true

The work is taking much longer than we expected.  He originally thought they would be done with most of it today but yesterday they uncovered some problems with our master bath that will delay everything.  We wanted to put travertine tile down -- easy enough job right?  We have also had water pressure problems with that shower -- horrible water pressure that makes showing in there tough.  


Well, they tore up the old tile and discovered a few things.  


1) The incorrect size plyboard was originally used -- should have been a thicker sheet.  
2) There was some water damage on the plyboard which means there has been a water leak.
3) Upon further investigation, they discovered a piece that connects the pipe to the shower is broken and only a very very small fraction of water was getting through.  The rest was going to the dirt under our house.  That means we have been watering the mud under our house for a few years now and it explains the low to no water pressure.  He is having two plumbers come today to give bids on repair and is also going to look for a replacement piece that broke.  


Currently there is no toilet or floor in the master bath.  You can literally see the dirt under our house.


The only positive thing is that the floor is already torn out so they shouldn't have to remove any of the wall to fix the problem.  When this is fixed, we should have great water pressure in there.  Question is how long do we have to live like this and what is it going to cost?


We feel like our house is pretty much a black hole money pit.  I guess that is what you get when you own a home built in the 1930s.  I know I want a much much newer house next.


This is all the work we originally wanted to be done:


Upstairs:

New carpet (will actually have Lowes or Home Depot install)

Baseboards

Repair cracks

Paint

Tear out built in cabinet

Install can lighting (don't think they can do this)

Build shelf in closet

Upstairs Bathroom:

New custom vanity

New travertine floor

New toilet

New toilet paper holder and hand towel holder

Paint

New lighting

Master Bathroom:

New travertine floor

Cottage room:

New custom vanity

New lighting