Site preparation

Preparing the site was the first step.  We hired an excavator/bobcat operator (we hired him before to do our driveway a few years ago), and it took him 3 days to complete the job.  Its incredible how much soil has to move, even when a site looks pretty level. 

The work involved leveling a pad for the house to sit on, putting in some drainage to keep run off away from the house, drilling 20 holes for our pier footings (the posts for the house will sit on these), and creating a turning area for trucks and cars to turn around (very important for a building site to have good all weather access for delivery trucks).

Its quite amazing to watch a good machine operator, the ability to do such fine detailed work with such big machines.  Our little boy was mesmerized by the work, he could have sat there for 3 days straight, and would still have been sad to see him go!

 

So step one is complete, next step - see what the inspector thinks!