Reply #9: The contractors decision was for my own comfort. [View All]

[Xithras]

I'm in Northern California, not southern, and I'm nowhere near the coasts, so the weather gets very wet and the temps drop to freezing in the winter. Since the renovation includes removing a large chunk of exterior wall and redoing part of the roof, he didn't think it wise to start it right before the weather turned bad. Traditionally, we start getting our first winter storms around Thanksgiving here.

And yes, we're living in the house through the whole thing. My garage is becoming a kitchen-slash-dining room, and my living room is going to have an unobstructed view of my front yard while the construction is going on :)