Foundation walls are up

So yesterday (Saturday) I got an e-mail from Jayman saying that our foundation walls were up. And behold... they were! What a difference one week makes!
I was planning on driving there anyways because from now on, that will be my 'Saturday thing' to do. Framing – that is what they call the construction of the wooden skeleton of the house – will start next week. So hopefully by next weekend, we can maybe see the beginnings of something that looks like a house.
For now, it's – like I said – the foundation that is in and almost finished. The only thing to do (I think) is to attach that water repelling foil to the concrete. And to backfill the soil around the foundation.
It's neat to see and feel the size of our house. It is going to be huge!

We have a hole!

Yes! Finally. Construction of our house has finally begun!
On Monday they dug a hole. And apparently yesterday Jayman already poured the bases of the foundations. Yeaaaaah!
So expect more and more frequent updates from now on.

Again a crappy panoramic through the eyes of my iPhone... I tend to forget to bring my good camera.

What is going on?

Hi all! We know, it's been a while since we updated our blog. We're so sorry about that!
So what is going on with us? I've been really busy the last few weeks. The job is working out very well but it's busy as hell. Why? Well there's this little thing in town called 'The Calgary Stampede' (see their website here). And we do a lot of their artwork! Since it's almost 'Stampede time', our company is in crunch mode for the last weeks. But I still like what I'm doing and that's the most important thing. Took me a while to get 'transformed' to a 8-5 person but I finally did it. ;)
On the other hand, the construction of our house still hasn't started. Long story short. When we signed the contract in April, Jayman (the builder) promised us that they would start building in 10 days. Because we bought what they called 'a pre-planned spec home'. That basically means that Jayman SPECULATES that this house (in this configuration) will sell quickly and therefor they have already prepared all the paperwork and permits.
Long story short..... troubles began when we needed to put 20% down instead of a 5% down payment. On top of that, Jayman needed to do an elevation change. That means a total re-design of the front fascia of the house. Because there was a house in the vicinity that looked like ours. Then that new design needed to be approved by the developer of the community. Then the new blue prints of the house needed to be approved by the city of Cochrane and then Jayman got the permits. That took 2 months and lot's of angry phone calls of us!
BUT we are finally there. Construction will start very soon. Last Friday they staked out the house. That means that we now know where the house will be situated. Look at the picture attached to this update. You see those fluorescent pink poles? Those are the borders of our lot. On Monday the excavator will start digging our foundation hole! ;)
So yeah we were disappointed but still we can not wait until our house will be finished. IT will be awesome!!!

The picture is a stitch of some iPhone shots. And doing a fish-eye effect for drama! ;)