Either way, that opens the way for an argument that Mr. Stevens, a busy lawmaker, did not keep close track of the true value of the renovation and items and believed that he had paid the full amount for them.
These estimates also underestimate the true policy impacts, because the renovation policy analysis does not assess the impacts on indoor environments.
True, the boutique-hotel-worthy renovations were expensive, about $35,000, on top of the $5,000 Mr. Brodsky paid for the boat in January.
His organization is working with the government on the standards, with a focus on establishing the true cost of energy efficiency renovations — for example, determining who would pay for scaffolding that would be needed for a building overhaul.
Thus the Carolingian Renaissance was really a renovation rather than a true rebirth of classicism.
After a 15-year search for the right property and two years of renovation, that dream came true in June when von Elmenau moved into her castle Bullachberg in Bavaria which boasts views of King Ludwig's famous Neuschwanstein castle.
"The adage of twice as long and twice as expensive pretty much held true," he said of all the renovations he has done.
After renovation, the complex "is a true representation of all Thomas Edison was able to accomplish here," Ms. Sloat-Olsen said.
The lift was part of a $150,000 renovation of the Lodge, the true cost of which has been revealed on Monday by answers to Senate estimates.
But the nearby Commissioner's House in Casemate Barracks is the true success story of this neglected area's painstaking renovation.
