After several years of owning the property, making plans, selecting contractors and scheduling activities, we're finally starting construction. The first step is to get internal roads on the property sufficiently strong to bring well drilling equipment, heavy equipment, concrete trucks and other building equipment onto the site. That work has begun this week and the following sequence of pictures shows the activity from a grassy path to a sturdy clay-base road. Once the next phases of construction are done (will be the subject of several more posts), we'll put gravel over the top of the clay base and then put a topping coat of dry cement which will be watered into the gravel making a sturdy surface. Rather than create the final road, we've simply created a good, solid base for construction purposes and once we have the building in place, we'll put a nice topping on the road.
This is what the road looked like before
And with the clay base installed
Interior of the property. That clay is sure orange, isn't it?
Side road off towards the electrical boxes. Well will be off to the left of this picture
View toward the area where the building will be built.
It's all very exciting to me, sitting here in Melbourne, to see progress being made. Hopefully the well will be drilled over the next couple of weeks and soon, the foundation will be framed, plumbing installed and the slab foundation poured. Things are really happening!
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