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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Day 7 - Grading the Building Lot

The old pine logs will be picked up tomorrow by the saw mill.

This picture shows the lot looking west from Seminole Drive.

Day 7 - Today a bulldozer worked all day grading the lot. The lot is 210 feet wide and 250 feet deep. It has the area of a football field - about 1.4 acres. It is taking longer than we expected for site preparation.   Several things held us up especially lots of rain. 

The house will be toward the back of the lot and toward the south side. Since the lot drops about 10 feet from back to front - we wanted to make that drop very gradual and also create level spots for the house - the new garage - the gardens - and the pool. 

One of the things I like is that my builder - Gary Shiver - is at the site every day. As soon as the site prep is done - we will lay out the foundation. There will be no delay. Grading the lot - I would give it an A.

This picture is look southwest - directly at the house site.


The bulldozer is creating a very gentle grade while trying to keep a large flat spot for the house. We want the porches low enough so that no hand rails are required. 

The new driveway will split those trees. The bulldozer is sitting right about where the front door will be. 

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