Our last visit to 'the land' a week and a half ago was a little disappointing as nothing had really changed since our previous visit so we were prepared this week for further disappointment, despite the encouraging email from the builder.
However, we couldn't have been more wrong! We turned into our street and saw in front of us a buzz of activity! There was a real life person actually working on our land! He'd been there since Thursday (I presume he'd gone home in between, though the portaloo now makes camping possible!) and the work he'd done was amazing - he'd dug all of the trenches for our house with his little digger.
We were in shock at suddenly seeing some proper action and we were soooo excited! Seeing the house shape was awesome and I reckon was even better than the 4 peg moment (though we think that was significant in its own right!). We were also really pleased with the size of our back garden now that we can see it properly.
We even got to meet our next door neighbours who had come to mow their weeds. They are still waiting for planning approval from the Council and were very nice about the mounds of earth our builders had put on their land!
9 houses have now started being built and another site was being worked on whilst we were there too.
So the next step will be the pouring of the slab... that's when our first payment is due to the builder so whilst it'll be a very exciting moment it'll also be crunch time!
Some photos of 'the best trip to the land EVER'...
It's all go!
Finally able to see the size of our garden
Imaginary dining in the alfresco area
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