Arrived this weekend to find holes opened up in floor of kitchen and another room, piles of debris, the old gas furnace and humongous hot water heater tank gone, (yay!) the lantana all excavated on west side.
The sewer lines need replacing before we satisfy code for plumbing. Apparently.
I await the quote.
The good news is that a shiny, new, on-demand water heater is now installed. Not connected, because no electricity. Yet.
Debris piles. Uh huh. I expected this when I took on renovation of this grand old lady of the early forties. Of last century.
I was planning on removing that lantana along the west wall anyway.