Progress on the House

Yes, we have started the bulding process!  It is a little behind schedule perhaps, but not too much. Our lot is 2.7 miles SW of Ely directly off Highway 169 and is located about 200 feet or so back from our lakeshore on Shagawa Lake.  The site is prepped, the road, electric & septic is in.  The site for the house has been excavated, and the trenches for the footings are ready - the footings will be poured on August 3rd.( We will not have a basement). The well site has been determined, and the well will be dug soon.

I will post updates and new pictures as there are things to see, which hopefully will give you a better idea of what the house looks like as progress is made.  The BIG day will be on or about August 20th, when we are expecting the SIP panels to be delivered. (These are the super-insulated panel walls that have already been constructed at a company in LaGrange Iowa).  The panel walls will come on 5 semi trucks, and will be off-loaded 1/2 mile from our property at a neighbor's gravel pit.  Our builder will then transport them one at a time down our road (which is 2 tenths of a mile off Highway169).  The trucks simply cannot turn around at the end of our road, nor would there be room to store all the panels on the site and still have space for the builder to maneuver.
More to come...hope you enjoy the updates!  Email me if you have any questions...thanks for viewing our blog!