2009 is long gone and the cottage still isn’t ready, but there has been some progress since the last update. The rough-in electrical inspection went very well. The inspector was in and out in no time and had only a handful of items he would like to see changed. I’ve made those […]
It’s been a pretty good year for the cottage so far even if it is cold and rainy every weekend. There has been progress, particularly on the outside as you can see from the picture. We decided to add two more windows to the lake side of the cottage for a few reasons.
We will get […]
Here’s some good news from the federal government with respect to their proposed budget. They are proposing a temporary renovation tax credit for 2009. Now this might not affect a lot of people, but for folks like myself that intended on spending money on building materials or services this is a […]
There have been some requests lately from readers that would like to follow the same steps I did in building a cottage and they are looking for costs to put a budget together. I know where they are coming from because before I started all this I couldn’t find any costs or quotes or even […]
So the Foundation was finished and the next step was to get some quotes from framing contractors. They ranged anywhere from $48,000 to $8500 and this was just for the labour since I had all the materials from the cottage kit I purchased from Home Hardware. I think some of these local […]
It has been a while since the last article and a lot has changed since then. In my previous article Construction Begins we had just cut down the trees to clear space for the cottage. That alone was a huge visual change after looking at the densely treed lot for more […]
In the last posting It’s Alive! I mentioned that we got our entry permit and pre approval of the building drawings so we went about finding someone to clear the lot of the trees while we waited for the drawings to be finalized. I had to wait a few weeks for […]
Well it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything. The whole intention of the site was wiped out when I found out the cottage I planned to build was too small according to the municipality (See - Building a Cottage: Shattered Dreams). The municipality rejected my minor variance […]
A concern for cottage owners and potential cottage owners on small lakes is water level during the summer. Many lakes drop considerably during the summer when there isn’t much rain. It makes a huge difference for swimming, boating and aquatic life. The long term outlook doesn’t appear to be […]
As I mentioned in What Are You Doing this Long Weekend I purchased a canoe from a river touring company and I have to say I am very pleased with my purchase. I had narrowed my choice down to two canoes, the Old Town Discovery 158 and the Nova Craft Prospector […]
