Quick video of the build from the back yard
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Bensonwood(Unity) crew finished the shell
The Minimum Viable Cabin is looking good. Not viable technically (certificate of occupancy usually requires you to have y'know... plumbing, heat, roofing... But the shell is done. This is the lovely Bensonwood/Unity crew who were here all week putting it together (missing only Andrew, who got things started before handing off to Rob). Professionals with an eye to detail and obvious pride in what they build, these guys are just fun to work with.
House in the ground
I have a special rock I stand behind to take photos, so you can have a progressive idea of how the house is going up.
oh no...
Please listen to this while you read this entry... So, after I arrived, the guys started arriving with trucks fulla flat-pack stuff (roof, floor, walls, all the good stuff you need to build a house). Christmastime for Dani! The packages started to be unloaded by Greg, using the lull (big ole hopped up forklift). And everything was going fine until... The walls. The big 24' walls. And there were trees in the way. They wiggled around for twenty minutes just trying to get past the trees. There was this one particular beech tree. This lil guy. And beeches are slow growers - this one is probably 30 years old! So when they asked for a chainsaw, I said - aww, come on, I bet you can get past it. Can you just try one more time to see if you can get around it? And being the good sports they are, the guys said sure, we'll give it one more try. AND THEN... Here - let me just zoom out on that photo.... Yes, the lull is in a ditch. Sunk its front tire 4' into a mud pit that appeared out
I woke up early
6 am. Not even joking, not messing with you. That is the time I woke up. I wanted to get to the site in time to meet the crew. I walked there in my extremely reflective Proviz jacket (it's cool as hell, makes you basically glow in the dark. And my version is reversible! So I have a wicked bright yellow jacket for when construction starts. But I got here waaaay before those guys and got to walk around in the snow for an hour, trying to picture what the cabin will look like.