Here are pictures of "Digging Day!" Excitement filled the air!!!
Our excitement came to a Screeching halt!!!
WELL, to make a LONG story short and "sweet". They found a DUMP under our property. An old farm dump. It used to be farm land and the farmer just took all his stuff; water heaters, other appliances, old carpet, pipes etc. etc. etc. and just threw it into a ravine (at that time) and buried it!!! He must have done it over and over again, as there was layers of junk-fill dirt, layers of junk-more fill dirt!! Well obviously you can't build on top of stuff like that. Our builder was very upset and video taped everything in case there was a problem with the land developer. They contacted the land developer and surprisingly he came right over to the site. He said to our builder, Steve, "What do they want, do they want a new lot, their money back, do they want us to clean this site up. We can have a crew over here tomorrow to clean this up." So after deliberation, we decided to have them clean it up. It will set us back probably another 2 weeks, but it is the best lot to build on. So that is where we are at. They will have to have huge equipment to get all the stuff out of there. Jeff said there is layer upon layer of stuff. (Sigh!)
Our excitement came to a Screeching halt!!!
WELL, to make a LONG story short and "sweet". They found a DUMP under our property. An old farm dump. It used to be farm land and the farmer just took all his stuff; water heaters, other appliances, old carpet, pipes etc. etc. etc. and just threw it into a ravine (at that time) and buried it!!! He must have done it over and over again, as there was layers of junk-fill dirt, layers of junk-more fill dirt!! Well obviously you can't build on top of stuff like that. Our builder was very upset and video taped everything in case there was a problem with the land developer. They contacted the land developer and surprisingly he came right over to the site. He said to our builder, Steve, "What do they want, do they want a new lot, their money back, do they want us to clean this site up. We can have a crew over here tomorrow to clean this up." So after deliberation, we decided to have them clean it up. It will set us back probably another 2 weeks, but it is the best lot to build on. So that is where we are at. They will have to have huge equipment to get all the stuff out of there. Jeff said there is layer upon layer of stuff. (Sigh!)
Jeff and I aren't losing any sleep over it. In fact, last night, the house was locked up tight, lights were out, and everyone sleeping at 8 p.m.!!! Even Jeff, that is a miracle! It has been such a busy week that we decided to call it a night very early. I sure felt good this morning! :) Which is good because I have parent-teacher conferences late tonight.
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Boy you guys have been through so much already. It will all be worth it though, glad you are taking it all in stride.
Miss you - can't wait to see the new digs. Will there be room for us now!!!
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