Adventures in Renovation

New York City is one of those cities where construction is always happening. Being one of the financial capitals of the world, you can't even imagine how much money is changing hands and being pumped into the construction industry.

As an everyday consulting engineer, I'm not that guy in finance who got a $300,000 bonus last year. Mine wasn't even 1/100th of that. I was able to scrape together enough money to buy an apartment with the help of my father in Northern Manhattan.

Being somewhat of a perfectionist and always having a vision, I've decided to set out to renovate the apartment on my own, with some assistance of course from close friends and family. I moved into this place February, 2007 and sat idle for a few months, but couldn't take it anymore. It's finally my own home and I can do what I want.....well, as long as I don't break any co-operative rules....to an extent.

So this is the story of my renovation and how I can achieve a vision of a luxury apartment on the budget of an engineer. There's no definite timeline for the project and no plans are set in stone, so it should be quite the ride. I hope you enjoy following my adventure.