Renovations still in progress
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43191)
Staten Island, New York
May 6, 2024 10:08am CST
Renovations are still going on at home. The guy is doing the stairs leading to the third floor. He is doing every other step so we can go upstairs without ruining what he does.
We have to skip every other step when going up and down. Not the most comfortable thing but no other choice. Good thing there is a railing to hold on to.
Not sure what’s gonna happen when he does the landing where the stairs turns. Can’t skip over that.
And there’s more stairs and other stuff that needs to be done. I think it’s about ten months already since the renovations started. 
I really hope that by summer it will all be over.
I really hope that by summer it will all be over.8 people like this
7 responses
@just4him (308693)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
8 May
@lovebuglena One day you'll look back at it and enjoy the outcome.
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@lovebuglena (43191)
• Staten Island, New York
8 May
I hope so too. Been a long time. I want things back to normal already.
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@moffittjc (118817)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 May
My goodness, that's a long time for renovations, considering you're still living at the house while it's all going on!
@moffittjc (118817)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 May
@lovebuglena Why is it going so slow? Is it one guy working in his spare time to do your renovations?
@lovebuglena (43191)
• Staten Island, New York
8 May
We started end of July I think. It is almost a year.
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@lovebuglena (43191)
• Staten Island, New York
13 May
@moffittjc The guy leaves around 1 pm because he has his main job after. He comes anywhere between 9 am and 1 pm. It is never at the same time. So, at most it is four hours in a day to do stuff. And he only comes on weekdays and not necessarily every day. That is why it is dragging.
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@AmbiePam (85992)
• United States
6 May
@lovebuglena I know, that’s extra frustrating.
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@lovebuglena (43191)
• Staten Island, New York
6 May
I don’t have much of a choice.
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@RebeccasFarm (86976)
• United States
9 May
Gosh these renos seem like it has been years..wish they would finish for you Leenie
@lovebuglena (43191)
• Staten Island, New York
9 May
That’s what happens when the reno is done by only one person and he can’t spend all day doing stuff.
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@lovebuglena (43191)
• Staten Island, New York
6 May
He just left. I checked and he did both stairs—from 2nd to 3rd floor and from 2nd to 1st floor—every other step and landing too. He said only to step on steps that are covered and not to step on the landing. And gotta do that until tomorrow and try to minimize use of stairs. Don’t know how I will be able to go up and down stairs without stepping on the landing as it’s a turn.
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@LadyDuck (460454)
• Switzerland
7 May
@lovebuglena I am sure that it would be a challenge, hard to skip one step, but impossible not to step on the landing.
@lovebuglena (43191)
• Staten Island, New York
7 May
@LadyDuck so far managed to step over landing successfully.
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@LindaOHio (158688)
• United States
7 May
This is taking forever. I wouldn't want to deal with all of that. Have a good day.
@lovebuglena (43191)
• Staten Island, New York
7 May
Don’t have much of a choice, especially since I don’t wanna move out to my mom’s house while this is going on. I hope when he starts the floors we won’t need to move out. Don’t want to deal with that. Packing stuff and not knowing what I need to take with me. I’d rather stay here.
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@JudyEv (326726)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 May
With luck it will all be worth it once it's finished.
@lovebuglena (43191)
• Staten Island, New York
7 May
Yes. I wish we could already remodel our bedrooms and basement bathroom but can’t do that. Mom already spent a lot of money on renovations as it is.
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