Where we’re at

The new contractor declined. So, we have scaled back a lot of what we wanted to do prior to opening. It’s basically flooring, painting and furniture. Flooring is essentially done. Almost all the furniture has been delivered. The only thing left is the reception desk. Painting is the largest task.

Painting. There’s a lot to paint. And there have been a ton of fixes needed for the drywall. Most have been addressed and we started painting the treatment rooms yesterday. We are putting a light color on various previous colors, so it’ll take 2-3 coats. I’m hoping we can start on the hallway, bathroom and kitchenette today as well. The remaining drywall work is in the lobby, as is the last of the flooring work. Maybe the drywall will be finished today. Maybe not. The flooring folks will be back on Wednesday.

We have a Google Business and Yelp profiles up. We’re hoping to start November 2nd, but we’ll see. The last piece of licensing is the Virginia Health Dept. license. We are waiting on our background checks. No idea of when that will arrive.

Slow start to progress…

After talking to a contractor last weekend and not hearing anything back, I contacted another and hope to meet with them today. The items big items that I can’t do require permitting from the county, which will take longer. So mentally working on options for opening without a washer and dryer. Hope to get internet and a phone soon. Then business cards can be made.

Filled all the small holes yesterday. Looks like the previous occupants had a dart board in the kitchenette. I also replaced all the burned-out lights. One of the light fixtures is bad and won’t have to replace it anytime soon as it’s in a treatment room. We have been ordering equipment such as tables and linens. The reception desk was ordered last weekend and expect delivery early November.

Today I’ll be filling the big holes and hopefully meeting the new contractor.

We have keys!

I was able to pick up the keys on the way home yesterday. A slow walk-through of the unit revealed a lot of holes in the walls that need to be filled. This place had a lot of network cables in every room and a high-capacity Internet tap. Maybe we should be setting up gaming servers? Lots of 20-amp circuits and only 1 lighting breaker. There’s a lot of work and a lot we want to do with the place, but it’s unrealistic to get it done prior to opening. We’ll be focusing on the bare minimum to make the space at least presentable. We’ll start off with inexpensive furniture and improve things as we go.

We also met with a contractor and a telecommunications guy at the place that we’ll be calling The Business. The washer and dryer will need to go into the kitchen as there isn’t a better choice.