Foundation

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… Continue reading Foundation

Footings

Today they poured the footings: Facing south Facing north

New House – 05/25/2006

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!

Site Survey

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 Valley… Continue reading Site Survey

New House Diary

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… Continue reading New House Diary