Well after owning our land for two years, meeting with four different builders (one that we try not to talk about) and spending countless hours researching house plans, we finally have a driveway. WhooHoo!

I’ll have some pictures of the driveway up soon. I plan to get out there today and take some photos of it.

That’s the good news. The bad news is that digging the basement is at a standstill due to a ground water issue. What is the issue you wonder? About seven feet deep in the ground we hit a lot of water. Yikes. Now this is not necessarily a reason to panic because the house can be built up higher and they can pack in dirt around the house to help protect from the water and run it off.  We are also having a very good drainage and water-proofing system installed. Water however, is always a scary thing.

Plan B is to move the house to the back of the property where there is a small area of higher ground.  There will still be ground water to deal with but we will be naturally higher because of how the land has a natural mound there. (Fun Fact: This mound is actually a shale deposit left over from a glacier. Pretty interesting, huh?)

We are going to discuss this further with the builder today and make our decision.  We’d like to stay where we are because it will give us a nice big backyard and help maintain some privacy since we won’t be right next to the neighbor.  But…there’s the water to consider and the longterm protection of our basement from water is definitely the number one concern right now.

Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion to this story…