Rampart

Today we scoped out the site that I will be spending my first few weeks working on. Located on North Rampart street, the house is a traditional double shotgun that we will convert into a single. Typically the houses already have owners associated with them, but this is the first house the Project Homecoming will take on, fully restore, and sell at a low price. What this means for me is that I will get good experience starting early in the process, working with framing (which happens to be balloon framing.. good thing I got an introduction with that at Jonathan and Colleen's house). Lots of work to be done on this one.. check out the photo stream on flickr to get a better idea of the house, and the plan of the finished stage.

Update

Sorry for the lack of posts everyone. I've been doing training, which hasn't been too exciting as far as sharing is concerned. We've been bouncing around sites attempting to teach me construction related things, but next week I should be on a new site with my manager which I will begin documenting and following a bit closer. Starting in October, I will be given my own site on which volunteers will come weekly and participate in, which is when I will really start posting progress that is made throughout the year. Anyway, thanks for the patience all, and more to come in the near future!

First Day

Today was the first day of training at Project Homecoming, the group that I will be doing the work for this year. Great organization with great people.. very excited and fortunate to be working for them. They showed us an interesting website today that I thought would be useful for anyone who isn't familiar with the flooding that occurred during hurricane Katrina. The first link is to that graphic, and the second is to the home page for Project Homecoming.

Interactive Flood Map

Project Homecoming

-CBeck

Arrival

I arrived in the city on Tuesday, not knowing what to expect. I left Tallahassee at 7am without a lease signed and any guarantee of having a place to sleep for tonight, not to mention not really knowing much about the house and neighborhood other than what I had heard from others and what few pictures I was able to find on the internet.

All that was swept aside though when I pulled up to the house. Joe, pretty much the coolest landlord you could have, was there finishing some minor things up. He showed myself and one of my roommates, Thomas, around the typical shotgun style house, and we were instantly hooked. All newly renovated, but without any furnishings. Period. For our price and location though, it's unbeatable, and with a bit of patience and work we'll have the place up and running in no time. The picture is in one of the middle bedrooms, and as you can see the house is 100% a traditional New Orleans shotgun.