Wednesday, July 18, 2007



The very important on-site portable toilet


Foundation extracted out of ground, and fence installed

Tuesday, July 3, 2007



A 3-story building under-construction


Redwood rafters saved for recycling


Demolition continued


Demolition continued

The chimney is still intact.

Demolition



Demolition

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Another house being demolished and re-constructed



Syed Murtuza Rizvi, another builder friend of mine, is currently working on re-construction of a house in Palo Alto. I'll post pictures of various stages.

By the time I reached the house, some of the exterior panels were already gone.

Thursday, June 14, 2007



Foundation


Foundation


Foundation


Foundation-2



Foundation


New foundation formed-3


New foundation formed-2


New foundation formed


Leveling, staking


Lot leveled


Lot leveled


Old house's slab removed


Demolished and gone


The fun began


Then came the big guy


Old house wall panels were salvaged


Old house seen from its backyard


Backyard of the old house