Baby Steps

October is coming to a close and construction has slowed down a bit.  Looks like there has been some grading done, but we'll need to truck in a lot more sand to bring it to final grade.

Here's a shot of the front of the house.  The brick ledge is where the final grade will have to be so we're looking at 2-3 ft of fill.

The back porch and gazebo foundation walls have been placed and poured.  If you can recall, this was not originally part of the plan.  The deck and gazebo were supposed to be supported by pylons, but the builder thought it would be easier to do it this way.  Also it gives us a lot of unconditioned storage space underneath.

 I think the brick ledge is where the posts supporting the roof will be.

 Here's a shot of some of the space under the deck and gazebo.  There's a lot of concrete spill over, but even if that's leveled out, you're still looking at 7' of height.  The left is the gazebo and the foundation goes up a bit, so excavated and leveled we're looking at 5' of space.  The deck continues to the right.

 Here's what the gazebo looks like from the back yard.  You can see the basement walkout on the left.

 Grading around the basement walkout with the gazebo and deck on the right.

Standing where the garage will be.  The wall in the center is where the garage entrance to the house will be.  Back deck and gazebo can be seen on the right.  The front of the house is on the left.