With the New Year came the first visible progress out at the lot on our home. The first few weeks of the year brought the dropping of the trees for starters. We had already roughed out the location of the house and the garage as well as the septic system. We did our best to position the house to save as many of the big old oaks as we could and maximize the privacy afforded by the woods around us. When arrived a few days after our long drive to North Carolina and met our builder out at the lot, it was certainly something to see with the building envelope cleared.
Here is our first view of the lot cleared of just enough trees for the house and rough driveway, more trees were left standing than we can keep but it allowed us to make decisions on where to place the house exactly based on which trees we felt were most important to keep
In the weeks that followed we have officially broke ground with the first shovels of dirt moved and the foundation excavated.
Two weeks ago the footings were dug and framed and then this past week the first concrete was poured into those forms along with the rebar. It’s exciting to see the footprint of the house on the ground. We wound up flipping the house on the lot from left to right to take advantage of putting the garage on the higher side of the lot so less fill was needed.
We’re on schedule at this point and the week ahead will bring the wall forms to the footings and we hope to pour the walls this upcoming Friday the 27th.
That’s all for this weekend, more next weekend. Have a great and GO PATS!!
Forms are being built but not final in this picture from January 14th, we're facing the front of the house from the driveway in this photo
- Footings were all poured on January 20th, here you can see the concrete… and for those who couldn’t believe I bought a pick-up, you can see the new Tacoma in the background… rope ladder I use to get in and out is hidden from view
Standing at front right corner of the house you can see the footprint outlined in concrete and rebar... a beautiful site!
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