Excavation for the Basement

This past week, there has been a LOT of progress. The driveway is cut in now. The slope is much more gradual than we had pictured it being. We thought it was going to be a little difficult to make it up the hill, but our excavation/basement guys did a great job cutting it in. Our bridge is complete and the forms are off. It looks great. We're going to do stone around it and some stained wood to dress it up a bit.

The basement is almost completely dug out. It looks so neat! They've dug out SO much and did not hit ANY rock. If you could see our property, you would be amazed! There is rock all over that hill... cliffs and rock...everywhere! Our neighbors were AMAZED and even the basement guy was in shock. He said if we had picked any other spot we would have been all over rock for sure. So, already saving money! If things continue to go as smoothly as they are now, we'll be set! Great news!!

We let Rylee come see the construction site. She absolutely had a blast. Her and her next door neighbor friend, Lucy (lab/hound/chow mix)ran all over that property. Running up and down the dirt mounds. She loved it. She did make the mistake of jumping off the cliff onto where they had dug the hill (probably 10' off the ground)...and she was pretty sore the next day. She's fine this morning, but she limped around quite a bit yesterday. Poor puppy. She's wild.

Here are some new pix....