All Moved In

Almost a year to the date since groundbreaking, moving day finally arrived. On Aug 1, two moving vans loaded our belongings at the rental house and moved us to the new house. We filled one large van and a smaller van. The smaller truck didn't have enough oomph to make it up our steep driveway, so its contents had to be unloaded onto the larger truck for the trip up the hill. The last boxes were unloaded off the truck after midnight and we spent our first night in our new house. We have been unpacking boxes ever since, but the interior has finally starting to look like a house rather than a warehouse.





Our builder was working on getting our house finished right up to noon on the day we moved in. Some exterior work has continued even since we have moved in. Here a tree trimmer climbs one of taller trees to cut down some the huge vines that encircled many of our trees. You'll probably have to click on the picture to enlarge it enough to see him.

The landscaping is mostly done at this point. This view of the area behind the house also shows the stone steps the landscapers put in to get from our driveway up the upper levels behind the house. The lamp pole was just set in concrete before the picture was taken so it is being temporarily propped up with 2x4s.

The screen has not yet been installed on the covered part of the deck, although we have gotten some new deck furniture and a new gas grill.

Here you can see the landscaping around the front sidewalk, to include our transplanted Welcome bear.

A view from the street now that the hill has been landscaped and mulched.

When we get the inside all together, we'll try to post a few pictures of the interior before closing out this blog.