Land preparation begins...

I drove out to the property on Saturday with Moose. My goals were two-fold. One, I wanted to meet with my excavator and discuss some plans on what we wanted done and where the foundation would go. Second, I wanted to start clearing some trees and brush from the construction site.

It was a nice day and it was great to be out there. Moose had fun as usual. I got quite a bit done as far as taking down some of the thorn apple trees. The excavator showed up about 1:30 or so and we went over some things. He thinks the area I chose is a good spot and doesn't see any issues with anything. I do have to take the large maple out. If you look back at the pictures in the snow, you will notice a large maple tree with a stump leaning against it. That needs to come down. It is unfortunate, but we will be saving some other trees by moving this one out. It should supply plenty of good hardwood for our woodburning stove for years to come.

My dad and I will be going out next weekend for the trout opener (April 1st). My family and I have tried to make a tradition of many of the opening day activities. We won't be fishing though, lots of work to get the land ready. I'll post some before and after pictures of the site after the weekend.

Foundation Estimates

Well, we finally started getting some numbers to look at. We basically have two choices with our foundation, a block concrete wall or a solid concrete wall. I guess the solid concrete wall would be the strongest. The gentleman who would do the block concrete wall told us it would be about $3300 plus the excavation. It is about what I thought. I am still waiting to hear back from the solid wall contractor. He called me over the weekend and will get back to me soon.

I am hoping to get out over the next couple of weeks and get some more tree work done. I will post some pictures as soon as that it completed. We're getting closer and more anxious by the day!!!