Foundation poured!

It's been a long road but finally it's beginning to look like a house...or is it?  We still can't figure it all out and have found a few (not big) errors, but that reminds us to be ever diligent throughout this process!

Checking out the garage

Retaining wall filled in

Basement, bedroom in foreground, then small family room then unfinished space

Mike standing where one post should be but isn't...1st oops!

Mike standing where door is but shouldn't be...#2 oops!

Front bedroom foundation ready!

Mini 'sportmobile' in the soon to be driveway.

Excavation over!! Footings In!! Foundation in Progress!! YAAAAYYY!!!

At long last we got the call we were waiting for...after soil tests, soil dumping, new structural soil brought in, packed down, flattened out...we finally have the 'green light' from the geologist to move forward!  

From the road...trailers with 'stuff' for foundation
building on our lot...what a lovely sight!

And that we have done!

Our footings were poured last week and this week the foundation has begun.

these are footings for the retaining wall

Basement layout can be deciphered here...
guest bedroom to the left (pokes out)
Imagine yourself here...

with this view!!

Mike walked over these beams to have a look around....
I wanted to join him but couldn't brave the wobbly boards!

Driveway & Garage...we aren't sure how this will work 
out but feeling confident that our builder is...

View from the street 

Our neighbors house...similar look ...we like it!

The Excavation...Part 3

It's been almost a month that has gone by and basically nothing (that the eye can see) has been done. However, there have been visits from the geologist and soil tests and nothing in the way of great news...EXCEPT!... we are (dare I say it?) finally moving forward!

The digger machines are back...but not to dig...to fill.  We are filling up the big hole but now with 'structural fill' dirt that will then be compacted and become what we place our foundation on.

More photos may not look different to you than previous ones but they show the dirt filling in (a bit) and soon...hopefully next week ????? we will start the footings!