15 McHugh: Day 28

A month has gone by already, and it feels like we are no further ahead. Probably because we almost aren't.

The clearing of the land is done, but the grade was too high and is currently being dropped 2 feet. Holy dirt!

We've been in talks with our geo-thermal/in-floor heating contractor, and things are looking good on that front. We'll be digging 6 foot deep piping trenches in the back yard before too long.

The aforementioned contractor #2 couldn't take on our project, so we defaulted back to
contractor #1, who accepted the project and is due to start 1st week in Nov. If that holds up, our move in date would look to be late February. That'll give us a few months to fine tune the interior before the spring comes and we can start the landscaping. Good times. :)

One silver-lining is that the local truss company has become freed up and can build our trusses. Joy. We still may buy out of town due to some rumors we heard, but we'll see how that goes.

One bad thing about being late is that Nicole and I can only live in our current location (my aunt's house) until she returns mid December. That means moving in with either of our parents, or renting an apt for 3 or 4 months. The former offends our love of privacy, and the latter would be expensive and work laden (mostly because we'd have to find it, then furnish it).

In the meantime, via an old friend now working in the US, we have a high end home building firm reviewing our house plans to offer some free advice. Free is good! (http://www.horizonbuildersinc.net/) Thx Vic!

Terry