1) Kris has almost finished the fence. It's like 95% done. In September we finally got a payout from the guy's insurance, one year after the accident with the fence. Kris has just some tweaks to do on the fence panels at the back of the alley, and then we need to put up the chain link at the back of the property.
2) Broadway Street was repaved this week! And became a 3-lane instead of the dangerous 4-lane that it's been for who knows how long.... The very day that our fence was run into was the first meeting of the Broadway St Task Force. I showed up kinda shell-shocked and said, "My fence was hit by a car this morning." "Ohhhhh, that house!" Everyone in the room knew about it.
For the last year, the task force worked with the transportation departments from Hennepin County and Minneapolis; held community open houses for information and feedback; surveyed as many commuters, business, and residents as we could; ran websites for additional feedback... And came up with a 3-phase plan for the road.
Repaving was already scheduled, like years in advance, so this week that happened. And when the new asphalt was on, the new lines were painted for one lane traveling each direction + a turn lane in the middle. I am so flipping happy, I can't even explain!
Grinding down the previous layers of asphalt also uncovered our curbs! For the first time in 7+ years of owning this house, we have curbs in front of like half of our house. Something so simple.
3) We finally got our roof replaced!! It was in ugly condition when we bought the house, for sure. For years we debated if we wanted to add dormers off the top floor or maybe build an actual 2nd story... And eventually we decided to just leave it as is. We got a new roof put on a couple weeks ago, and a crew is here at this very moment putting on our brand-new gutters. :-) We also got a new mailbox because the demo crew trashed ours....
And Kris pulled off the lattice and wood where the chimney used to be, so that the soffits and gutters could be put in as one solid piece, instead of taking those little jogs like they used to. So now there is a gap in the siding... one more thing to repair.
