The builders started working on preparation for the new foundation in the back of the house. They have installed the new forms that “form” the boundary and height of the new foundation. Today there was supposed to be a survey done to confirm that all of the forms are in the correct place (we assume that happened but don’t know for sure). Then they’ll start doing re-bar, etc. in preparation for placing the concrete (apparently the term pouring concrete is incorrect?). They also have some plumbing and electrical work to complete before concrete. Today they removed the sod inside the forms as they’ll have to do some excavation in there. The nice thing is it’s very clear the boundaries of the house now. It seems massive but as soon as we start putting furniture in the architecture program layout, we realize it’s not as big as it first appears on paper. We’ll definitely have some furniture from each of our houses that won’t make it into the new one.
Picture of the new foundation forms from north-west corner of the back yard.