2014/3/10 22:45:13 Week of 03/10/14 – Happy to report that our meeting last week with the City of Austin regarding “remediation with intent to renovate” (which we previously, mistakenly, referred to as environmental abatement – who knew?) went very well. Our careful plan was approved with a few tweaks and is moving forward into its […]
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Week of March 3, 2014
2014/3/1 16:08:16 Week of 03/03/14 – This week is momentous for Norwood; we expect to get the green light on our very thorough & comprehensive plan to environmentally abate the house. Once we have that approval, we can bid the work and get underway. Beyond abatement, we’ve just wrapped up consultations with local caterers who […]
Week of February 10, 2014
2014/2/12 21:00:57 Week of 02/10/14 – Closer and closer…that’s what we’re getting to THE BIG CLEAN-OUT. Our term for toxic abatement & total cleanup of the Norwood house. This “winter of our discontent” can’t be over soon enough; we’re on the last steps before crews get into the house and start removing the mess of […]
Week of January 27, 2014
2014/1/28 9:42:59 Week of 01/27/14 – What’s with this crazy polar weather?? The Norwood House has seen its share of frigid temps, especially with its exposed site on the bluff above the river. Did you know that many valuable photos of historic homes in southern areas only exist because people got excited about snow and […]
Week of January 20, 2014
2014/1/18 18:59:50 Week of 01/20/14 – Congrats to NPF! On Sunday 1/13, we made a little history: we held our first “construction work day” at the Norwood House. This was only a humble expansion of the construction fence, but we did it ourselves, and we did it as a team. Many thanks to Wolf Sittler […]