We’re about 2 weeks behind on updates, so a few will follow. I’ll break them up so you can actually see the progression.

We needed somewhere to put all of the wood for framing, so the driveway area in front of the house had to be expanded.

This is nice and flat. It ended up being even more space then you see here.

Before the slab goes in, you need a gravel layer below it. You can also see where the basement bathroom (future) will be.

Basement from the other side, pre-slab.

Here’s our beautiful basement slab. This is a nice piece of concrete. 

Looking out over the left side of the house.

Here you can see the awesome flat space in front of the house. This makes life easier for the builders, as they have somewhere to put materials, park, and also somewhere flat to work. It wasn’t cheap to get the rock taken out to do this, but it’s useful now and will provide a nice area in front of the porch when the house is done rather than stepping off the porch into an embankment.

The basement is fully framed and you can walk on the main floor now. This also gives you some scale of the area in front of the house that they leveled off. That dog is not Rocky, but apparently it can climb ladders!

I can’t leave you without a “view” picture, so here you go. This is from the typical spot “at the front door”. Just wait until you see what this looks like from 32′ forward!