And we're off!!!!

So a few things have happened since the last post. We were waiting for our loan to go through so that we could prove that we had funding for the house. This had to happen before things could start to move. The builders have to have proof that we can pay for the house before they start building so that they're not on the hook for the house when it's all said and done. We close once the house is finished which we learned this week should be before Thanksgiving (fingers crossed!).

This week we met our construction manager Eric. He was friendly and we felt very comfortable leaving the most expensive thing we've ever bought in his hands. He went through the blue prints, the site plan, and the construction process with us. About 75% of it was OVER our heads LOL because we have no experience or knowledge base when it comes to construction. But he tried to explain it as simply as possible which we appreciated.

They were initially planning to start digging this past week but we had two big trees in the middle of our lot and they had to remove prior to getting started, which we were very sad about. After the digging they will place the footers, pour the walls, fill in the garage floor, frame, electrical, plumbing, dry wall, then the rest of the house.
We went by to check out the lot now that the trees are gone, snapped some pics that really show the depth of the lot. If you look closely at the pic, the two pink lines sprayed on the curb show where our property lines are and then they flare out and go all the way back to the tree line in front of the railroad and to the fence. We will have some grass to cut even after the house is on the lot.

Here is our lot without the trees :(

 Pile of wood that used to be our trees :(

This is what the lot used to look like!