Friday, September 23, 2011

Progress!

We have a temporary electric pole set up, as of today, YAY! Also, more exciting was to see all the dirt moved yesterday. Yep, we officially broke ground!

Here are some pictures.





It is like Christmas, seriously, to see actual movement on the property after so much dreaming, scheming, and waiting. So far, all the people we've worked with have been amazing, too. No horror stories of 4-month-waits here. Our people have been fast....and very patient with us, as we're learning all the ins and outs of this home-building stuff!

For instance, we thought we were still waiting on the water meter.....emailed our water company......and the reply was, "We believe it was installed Sept 15." Uuuhhh.....*blush* Thanks! We'll go check on that!! :D :D :D

Yeah, we're noobs. But we're learning!!! And Adair has been great at coaching.


Friday, September 16, 2011

It Happened!

We have a building permit! After feeling a little "lost-at-sea" in the wonderment of paperwork for so many months......WE FINALLY HAVE A PERMIT!!!

Whew.

The way I understand it is......we can pretty much start digging this weekend. Things are filtering in like the temp. electric, not necessarily in the best possible order, but....Terry says we are pretty much good to go for excavation.

I can't tell you how relieving this is. Seeing how quickly the fall Chill has set in, with its promise of rain, rain, rain, and more rain, I have been getting nervous. Last post about starting "this week" was a bit premature, I guess. Like I said, "lost at sea" is how we've been for a while, now. We thought we saw LAND, but then it turned out to be a mirage. ;)

Another thing to rejoice over: cabinet issues are resolved. I'm delighted beyond words at how Adair treated us to a tailor-made solution, going out of their way to get us the black-stained finish I was so dreaming about. They're going to come in raw, unfinished, and I'll be staining them myself. I'm pretty excited about getting the Dream Kitchen I've always wanted. :)