We didn’t go visit the house on the weekend but when we showed up on Monday afternoon the foundation was all poured!
Looking north
This following picture shows the notches in the foundation for the garage doors.
Looking southwest
One thing that irritates me about construction is how dirty the workers are. They leave empty containers and drink [...]
Today they poured the footings:
Facing south
Facing north
Turns out it only took two days for some action on the new house. Today they put in the forms for the footings.
Looking southwest from about where our driveway will be
Looking north
We’re getting excited now that they’re actually doing some work!
They dug the hole for our basement and foundation today. We have 9′ walls in the basement so the hole is actually deeper than it seems in the pictures – deep enough to need a ladder in order to climb in and out of it.
Looking south from the street side of the lot
I’m not [...]
At the end of May, some activity finally occurred on the lot (we signed the papers in January) – the site was surveyed and staked out to show the house position on the lot. We actually don’t mind that the construction process is taking so long because real estate prices in the Salt Lake [...]
As some of you already know, we’re building a new house in South Jordan. Our current house is cramped and lacks enough bathrooms for a family of seven. Of course, when I say cramped I mean cramped by Utah standards in 2006. I often wonder if I’m being too worldly in building this house when [...]