And The Walls Came Tumbling Down!

So, where to start. At the beginning of our project with HMR Architects we decided to save the 19 Th. century section of our house to save some money. We integrated it quite nicely, I think, into the old and new sections and worked off of the things that we couldn't change such as the floor height and roof line. Weeeeelll…….. Once the plaster and the siding came off and the foundation was exposed it was deemed to be not worth saving as everything was out-of-level, rotted, crumbling, uneven, etc. So now we will rebuild this section saving only a small bit if the foundation and encasing that in some poured concrete. On the plus side there are some very nice hand-hewn beams that we will save and use elsewhere in the house. Oh well, we had good intentions.