And so it begins... Our House Build: Digging!

On July 7th, we made the first progress toward the actual building of our house.  We bought the land last year, and we have slowly been doing some work all along to get the land ready until we were ready to actually start building.  Some of the things David did to get the lot ready were:

-Trim trees and clear brush and stumps from the land.
-Some minor grading to smooth it out a little.
- Installed the culvert pipe to run under the driveway.
- Had gravel poured over the pipe for the base of the driveway.

On July 4th, David and his dad set out some stakes to lay out basically where the house would sit.  Then, we ended up having to move it back about 10 feet to make sure it was in the right spot for the septic tank.  When it was finally settled where it would sit, David started digging.

This is our house plan. 

This is what the lot looks like now.  You will have to use your imagination to visualize the house sitting there! :-)

I took pictures from various angles, none of which really show much about what the house will be like!  You will have to look at the link for the plan for that.

And that's it!  I know it's not much, but I'm going to show the whole build from start to finish.  There will be many, many more pictures to come as each phase is completed.  Thanks for stopping by!!