we are officially land owners since tuesday. we have been planning our home for a while and are pretty much set with the current design. briefly, the house is around 1900sf including garrage, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, single story, slab on grade, open floor plan, sip walls and roofs (at least for now), full height windows, radiant heating, HR fan ventilation system, mini split AC (future), exterior rain screen system, large patio and breeze way between garrage and house. in general we are aiming for low energy home.
we were little bit suprised in the end. our pile of chips was little bit smaller than we expected.
photo of neighbourhood
and lots of firewood for camping
we saved this big old beautifull one in the front yard. at the begining we wanted it gone, looking at it today we couldnt. just trimmed it little so it will not be in the way of house. the main problems with this tree is its roots. they spread all the way to the half of the property. general rule is that any roots under the perimeter of crown shouldnt be touched in order for the tree to survive. we even had stomp guy take a look at it to see what could be done. he recomended to fell the whole tree if we want to build in its proximity as it would eventualy most likely die. we will see.
