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Our House-ology, and Such
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October 6, 2004 - Just after we sign our first purchase agreement we go check out our new (offically) first home. Currently, it
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October 6, 2004 - The neighborhood could use some work too...
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December 4, 2004 - Brad poses in front of the sold sign. No house yet. Just dirt.
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December 4, 2004 - Karin strikes a pose with the sold sign. The first real snow of the year...
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December 13, 2004 - I check out the lot again and discover a pile of rebar, lumber, and window bucks at the front end of our pro
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December 13, 2004 - Things really begin to stir: they've staked our lot! Little yellow flags and wooden pegs... woohoo!
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December 13, 2004 - A digging stake. No hole, but at least they have an idea where they are planning to make one. That's excit
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December 17, 2004 - We check out the lot and thar'be plenty more than stakes. It seems the construction has begun!
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December 17, 2004 - The backhoe arrives and begins to dig out the basement. A pile of sand, a pile of dirt, and one big hole.
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December 19, 2004 - Just a couple days later we check out the footings poured and drying on our site.
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December 19, 2004 - I imagine this is part of the house that we'll never see once the floor is poured. Some pipes and wall bits
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December 30, 2004 - Post-Holidays Karin and I swung by the "site" a few times to check out the progress. Not wanting
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December 30, 2004 - I saw the guys who take stripped the forms off pulling out of the site as I drove up, so it's probable that
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December 30, 2004 - The end result, and Happy New Years present for us: One concrete cube ready for a house. I suppose that it
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January 2, 2005 - We drop by the site for a New Years visit. Karin, who hadn't seen the concrete yet, explores the area.
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January 2, 2005 - I jump into the hole to inspect the concrete. No cracks! That's good. Just Karin's shadow.
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January 2, 2005 - Any further analysis of the work is pretty much amature speculation. It seems okay from down here!
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January 2, 2005 - I climb the dirt mound to do a survey. Karin's folks had shown up for a visit -- and everyone else surveys fr
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January 7, 2005 - We scoot over for a Friday night visit. After a very cold week, they did manage to get the walls sealed, and
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January 12, 2005 - I drive over to the site to check out the cold weather progress. For the first time there is enough dirt to
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January 12, 2005 - Inspected. Despite the -40C windchill, someone from the city came out to inspect the foundation. Green mean
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January 12, 2005 - The foundation had been backfilled so now there seems to be a sufficient quantity of dirt wrapped around the
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January 12, 2005 - Along with leveling out the ground around the cement, it seems they've carved out a little space for the gara
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January 12, 2005 - More supplies. Looks like they're planning to pour some pilings, and do some other garage-type work.
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January 15, 2005 - In hopes of more progress, Karin and I take a Saturday tour of the build-site. Not much happened (because of
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January 15, 2005 - One glimmer of hope: our main floor finally arrived -- albeit in pieces. Not quite LEGO, but I'll take it.
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January 15, 2005 - We might not have much, but we've got nails and string. What more could you ask for? A photo of nails and s
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January 15, 2005 - And of course, an obligatory wideshot of the lot. A big pile of lumber is the only change on the landscape.
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January 22, 2005 - Looks like the neighbors are starting to catch up? Nah! They're just getting their footings in place.
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January 22, 2005 - We drop by for another Saturday morning visit and find the garage shape coming together. No concrete, but th
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January 22, 2005 - At the front and centre of the garage there lies a deep hole into the center of the Earth. Well, maybe six
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January 22, 2005 - Karin checks out the piles for our front walk. Those little steps are going to be a pain to shovel. Wink! Wi
