No more garage

It took longer than expected for things to get started, with delayed permits and another job that the contractor had to finish. Over the past couple of weeks, though, there are welcome signs of destruction.

We never parked a car in this garage. It was just used as storage. Some of what it stored was useful, much of it was junk. Its eaves hung over the neighbour's property and it was built too close to our house. The roof leaked and the bottoms of the wall planks were flush against the ground, so they were rotting. Unwelcome creatures - rats and raccoons - sheltered in the space underneath the floorboards.

Now it's still a bit messy but it's nice to see space and light between the houses.