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Practicing yoga with construction noise
This is my home’s second “close-up and personal” encounter with new construction. Because this one is exactly on my property line and therefore much more invasive, my normal routine of reading,...
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Footers and foundation in winter construction
My darling neighbor–the contractor who is developing the vacant lot between us–phoned just now to give me a heads-up on “extraordinary noise.” By communicating with me, he’s now giving me the...
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Snowfall doesn’t stop the winter construction
Related articles in this series re’ living next to winter construction: Practicing yoga with construction noise Dancing with my devil: winter construction Footers & foundation in winter...
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Effects of construction noise
When I first heard about the construction project the contractor planned for the vacant lot between us, I took it in stride, imagining that its effects on me would be simply annoying. I had no idea....
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Gifts of Construction: Gift #1
When I finally stopped resisting the intrusive reality of large duplex construction five feet from our shared property line, something shifted in me. I felt myself opening to the possibility of...
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Gifts of Construction: Gift #2
Gift #2: new friends Having to leave my home for most of every day to avoid the noise and confusion of construction has brought another gift: socialization! It began when I started going to the hot...
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A stroll in the Tao…
With no planning whatsoever, my 66th birthday evolved into one of the most satisfying yet. Beginning with staying in bed till 8:30 after months of working from dark-thirty until the carpenters arrived...
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19 reasons to leave when construction begins next door
In late December 2011, when I learned that construction would begin soon on the vacant lot next to me, I asked my contractor friends, “What will it be like?” They agreed unanimously that it was going...
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National holidays don’t apply to contractors
Thought I would spend today catching up on pleasure reading, because it is, after all, Memorial Day, a national holiday. The moment I remembered my place in the current book, the noxious saw began...
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Living next to construction: and the beat goes on and on and on . . . .
The real reason anyone would be following this series, “living next to construction” is to find out how bad is it and how long will it last? This update for week 30 ought to make you reconsider staying...
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Living next to construction: “When does the noise stop?” (LOL!)
When I told my sister that I had actually worked in my garden–for the first time since the construction began in December, eight months ago–she was so happy for me that the noise was over. I quickly...
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Living next to construction: sometimes you just have to let go
Last week the dirt-packing machines, so close to my house and so many in number (one in front, one on the far side, three between my little house and his what the neighbors call “the in-your-face...
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Sawing concrete?
Week 34: Living next to construction I thought I’d seen it all, heard it all, but this week tipped the scales of construction noise to the ridiculous when I was startled by the sudden shrill screaming...
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Would you hire this guy to build your house?
Living next to construction: week 35 Coming home exhausted from errands related to improvements for my vacant apartment, naturally, first thing I see are workers’ trucks lining both sides of the...
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