Peter here. Much like this classic 80s ballad, we have been counting down to this moment for much longer than anyone expected. July 9th, 2021. Tomorrow. We finally begin construction on our new strawbale home! The site has been staked anew and an excavation crew will be arriving in the morning to clear out the small jungle that our backyard has turned into to prepare for plumbing and concrete work over the next couple of weeks.
We are so excited to finally be starting! A big thank you to Precipitate for their work on designing our home and getting it through the endless slog of permitting with the City of Minneapolis, Andrew Morrison of StrawBale.com for constantly providing his time through permitting and with our architect and build team (looking forward to his straw bale training this fall!), Charity Weibel from Old National Bank for sticking with me over more than two years and helping to create a workable finance mechanism for this project, and Andrew Nelson of A-Squared for agreeing to build this crazy project with us! This team has put up with a lot to get this project to where it is now and we can't wait to see it all come to life over the next several months. Get ready/excited for more website content, photos, and projects updates as the on-site work begins! I will be playing The Final Countdown on repeat for the rest of the day.
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