From a solid foundation

We are well on our way to having a foundation. The basic digging was done a few weeks after the house was scraped away. Various delays, none of them serious, mean that the foundation really started in earnest this past week. The footings had already been poured, and then up went the foundation walls for the main part of the house, followed by the walls to support the garage/utility. The slabs aren't down yet - we'll need a bit more drying-out from the rains, but hopefully this will happen before any snow accumulates!

Here's what the foundation looked like earlier this week, before the garage part was formed.

It was neat to look at the foundation and see the slots in the concrete where the beams will drop in. The slots are visible on the wall facing the camera angle.

We have a high water table - not more than 2' below top of grade. As a result, we have a 4' crawl space rather than a full basement. Of the crawl space, we'll have maybe 1' 6" below grade and the remainder above. There's going to be a whole lot of landscaping needed to provide natural transitions from the house to the ground.

The "kit" is due to be delivered from Empyrean on or about December 11 - I can't wait to see how this actually goes up!