New Build Home Timeline Series
New Build Home Timeline - This is very early in the building timeline. This is my daughter's cleared building lot. It's time to stake out the foundation so the foundation hole can be dug. Copyright 2018 Tim Carter
New Build Home Timeline Series
This is a giant new build home timeline series following my own daughter and son-in-law. They are building a new home on Mt. Desert Island (MDI) in Downeast Maine.
This page is part one of the series. At the bottom of each page, you'll discover a link to the next part of the series.
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New Build Home Timeline Part One - Lot Clearing
This is the actual plot plan of the building lot. My daughter and her husband purchased lot #389,763.87 down in the southeast corner of MDI. I think this will help you understand the project. The lot is just under one acre in size.
Do me a favor and don't try to find their lot. I say this assuming you're some sort of ax murderer. You can just relieve your murder frustrations on me here in NH. I live in a yurt on 90 acres on Old Bristol Road. You've got skills, find that piece of land. I always have my nunchucks with me so be careful!
Week One - October 14, 2018
On October 15, 2018 the contractor began cutting trees to clear the space for the house. The lot was covered with hundreds of small, medium and large trees as you can see in the photo taken in January of 2018.
This is what the lot looked like before any trees were cut down. Believe me, there were lots of trees. Copyright 2018 Tim Carter
It took one week to just cut the trees down and stack the logs by the road. A large area had to be cleared as well for the septic leach field.
The following photo shows the lot as you'd see it looking back to the street. Note my daughter's black car behind the logs.
My daughter was standing in what will be the backyard looking towards the street. Copyright 2018 Tim Carter
CLICK HERE for Week Two - October 21, 2018
