Now the real fun begins! The first week of construction is now in the books. Â Les picked up the permit at San Juan County on Wednesday and hit the ground running. First, he staked out the foundation and footing locations for the excavator. Since the house is being...
Designing a home is an interesting process. Â There are so many ways it can develop. Â This is especially true on a large site. Â When there are few, if any restraints (such as setbacks or topography), you pretty much have a blank canvas to work with. Â With such...
The site prep work got pushed back a bit from the original projected late August start (through no fault of yours truly!). Â Something about limited availability of gigantic earth moving equipment on the island. House Location Change One of the benefits of doing some...
I ended the last post by stating that I would start talking about the house design in the next post, but plans have changed a bit. Â Developing the site plan and coordinating the site preparation work has taken up a lot of our client’s time and focus, putting...
Back in January 2013 I accompanied my client John to the future home site in order to get the lay of the land.  It was cold and overcast when we arrived, but it didn’t rain much (the Island gets around 22†of rain per year—a lot less than you would think). We...