Construction Update

Here are the first pics of our ICF basement. The blue you see are the styrofoam forms that are filled with cement which will make for a very insulated house. The black area will be the front porch. Here is the side shot of the garage.

Now we're down in the basement looking out the backside of the house towards the woods. The septic system is already put in and the only approved place by the soil engineer and the health dept. is in the woods. A couple friends cleared the trees and now we have a ten person capacity septic system. Why so big? Well, they count bedrooms and multiply by two not the actual number of people going to be there. "And what's that room over there?" "um, another study" " and that room over there?" "an exercise room?" Sure, we'll go with it or we would have had a septic system the size of the entire woods:) Rest assured that when you all come to visit there will be plenty of room for...whatever.
The other corner of the garage.

The garage straight on. You can see the pond and pier in the background which will be our view from the front porch.

After 8 months of planning, a couple builders, dozens of different plans, we're finally starting! It's been a whirlwind of architects, engineers, and government offices, but it will be worth it in about 6 months. To come: the SIPS on the main and upstairs levels. Those are also very high energy 6 in. thick solid foam panels that are precut for the house. It's like putting together a puzzle and gluing all the seams.