Groundbreaking developments

We break ground tomorrow.

Clearing trees along what will be the driveway and where the house will go.
Grading and moving dirt around to build up the driveway base (it's a pretty steep drop down from the street right now) and begin digging down to basement grade.

Here's what it looked like at the end of March:


Here's the exterior style we loved and wanted to emulate:


And what the house is supposed to look like when we're done:


It's been about 18 months since we seriously got busy looking for land.
About 15 months since we found the lot; just over a year since we put in an offer (but it took forever to close).

September will bring 1 full year from closing on the land and finally hiring an architect.

October, it's supposed to be done.

It feels a little unreal right now, but we'll see how it goes!