We are officially underway! The Final Countdown is over and work has officially kicked off on our site. What a difference a few hours can make! Many of our lilacs sadly had to be removed, but we now have a large trench opened up as we prepare our site for plumbing work in just a few days and concrete work right behind that. Though we have always known that our site is quite small (1/8 acre, including the existing triplex), it is always a bit amusing to see contractor's realize that fact. So right now, instead of having the soil pile off to the side of the project area, it is piled up in the middle of our future home footprint. We also moved our trash, recycle, and compost bins snug up to our neighbor's house for the time being and restacked our firewood elsewhere. One fun workaround for our small site: since we don't really have room for a portable toilet, we are simply providing access to our unfinished basement, which happened to have a small WC from back when there were coal workers who would be in the basement shoveling for the furnace. The WC hasn't had a toilet in many years, but the pipes are still there. It turns out that it will be cheaper to just install a toilet again than trying to figure out how to make a portable toilet work. Plus, it will smell better and not be outside. A reasonably good solution! More to come next week as work continues, but check out the progress photos below.
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