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To: Tweets Boar Hog who wrote (4391)	11/3/2025 9:35:18 PM
From: robert b furman	Respond to of 4397

Hi Tweets , We'll be in Houston for the winter. The remodel has slowly come along enough to call a winter hiatus. In spring well add a great room out in front of the house and then reside and reroof the entire building with Hardy Board siding and standing seam metal roof. Everything that has been done is well made and gorgeous. Jan has excelled with her interior decorator, very happy with the results. Demoing the lower floor revealed some additional plumbing work and the project had some mission creep that worked on the upstairs bathrooms. I did the demo work one year before we had the contractor start, and that savings has kept us close to within budget after adding two more bathrooms upstairs. The house was built in 1967 and everything we've gutted and thrown out was more than needed - so it has all been a great upgrade. The local architect has a premier reputation and has since done a winery remodel that includes the EVO door we told him to include on our canning room remodel. So it is doing well. It is more expensive than a green field build and vastly slower. Our contractor has been a joy and all of his subs have been excellent. Time is coming fast for winterization. I snuck in my last day of painting car parts today as I have not been in a major project. Organizing old pieces and getting them restored for use in my 3 C1 Corvette projects, yet to be completed. Anxious to get to Texas. I love our home on Lake Woodlands, as we've lived there fo 27 years and have also made it the way we want it to be. Watch those squirrels, as cute as they are, they can get in your attic and raise heck. I'd pull a decking board, and drill in some treated boards if they've made a hole. Use roof stainless steel flashing and drill a 2x12 over the flashing. Worry about the cosmetics next spring. Stay warm Tweets, I always enjoy your posts. Bob