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Message: [QUOTE="8893, post: 3223692, member: 93"] You did better than I did. With the money we expected to have left over, we had planned to put in propane for a generator, new cooktop and also to feed the gas grill. Five years out and we are still waiting for that... Our kitchen renovation was combined with an addition and we called a few audibles along the way that increased the costs by tens of thousands of dollars. We remain extremely happy with each choice, but that wiped out the hope of having money to spare at the end. We also had the very unfortunate and sad experience of having our construction manager suffer a stroke when the project was around 95% complete; pretty much all done except for the eat-in kitchen island around which the entire project had been planned, and of course the running punch list he and I had been compiling. The island was to be made of black walnut that he was to obtain, and the punch list was to be credited against the overage he was claiming on the job, largely due to a mistake he had made. He suffered the stroke the day before we were supposed to meet to resolve the rest and I don't believe he has ever gone home since. That meant that we had to negotiate the final payment with his wife and brother in law, who had nothing to go on except for his rough notes. It also meant that we had to find the black walnut and hire a contractor to fabricate and install the island, and find another contractor to complete the punch list. We did it, but it was not easy. Still happy with the outcome at the end of the day, except for the stroke of course. [/QUOTE]

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