Excavation!

     Our loan funded, so I raced down to the Adair office, picked up the plans and took them to the city.  I thought we would have to pay something up front, but apparently you pay after they are done going over them. They said it would be two weeks until our building permits are ready, and that was on October 3.
     In the meantime, we scheduled our excavation guy Frank to come and cut the pad for the house.  He started it today and when we dropped by there was a truck driving away from our lot filled with dirt. Which got us excited. As we approached closer we saw another truck parked on the side of the street waiting to be filled. Then as we came down our driveway we saw yet another truck currently being filled by a backhoe. He was making good time, and obviously had a lot of experience with the equipment. He had started with where the driveway will be and then started working on the actual pad where the house will sit. I doubt he was able to finish today since he needs to add two feet of Shale rock and compact it on the pad, due to our clay type soil. We only stayed for a couple of minutes, because we didn't want to interrupt the work, but I was able to snap a pic.
    

This is taken with our backs to the street, looking straight at the property. The backhoe is hiding behind the big truck.

     On Tuesday we are meeting with the electric company so they can mark where they want the temp power pole. We were able to borrow one for free from a local electrician that my dad, who is also an electrician knows. So we are going to go pick up the pole on Monday. Hopefully, it will be installed sometime next week.  At that point we have to call the city to have it inspected, once they put their magic green sticker on it, the electric company can hook it up.  After the pad and the temp electric are in place, I will be scheduling a site visit with Chris the construction manager at Adair. If everything looks good to him, he will get us on the construction schedule right away!
     I can't tell you how exciting it was to see actual movement on the lot today.  Our dreams of building our home are actually becoming real now!
     When we meet with the electric company next week I will take better pictures of the completed ( I hope) pad.