This is our little remodel project. We are currently converting a 100-year-old church into a 2,300 square foot live/work space. Included are some before and after pictures. Please note that this is still a work in progress (lately lots of work and not so much progress). 
Working with the city has been the most difficult part of this project thus far. I did my own architecture and that cost us two and a half plan reviews to get the building permit. They treated it like new construction, we had to structurally upgrade it to handle earthquakes and high winds as well as engineer it to run off of very little energy. After already paying $8,500 in fees and permits, we are finally resolving the additional $17,000 of impact fees the city wanted to charge us. I won't get into that here.
I'm still working as a project engineer (intern) for Westfield, the largest retail investment group in the world. We are currently doing a $150 million mall expansion on the Galleria Mall in Roseville, CA. I have one year left to graduate and am one of two students in my construction management program who is enrolled in the honors in the major program. Life is plenty busy, however, it is manageable.
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