We took a family trip to Disneyland at the beginning of December (another post for another time), and this is what the footings looked like before we left.
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| Foundation Footings |
When we returned home a week later, we discovered that our home now looked like Stonehenge.
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| Stonehenge or Foundation Forms? |
They had a bit of a delay since it was abnormally cold for a few weeks in December (living in the Lower Mainland of BC, we typically have a pretty mild & rainy winter), but finally, just before Christmas, the foundation was poured and we got our first look at how massive our home would be.
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| Foundation from the road (front) |
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| Foundation from the back yard (rear) |
Once the foundation was in, they put on the damp-proofing and backfilled the front - yep, another huge bill just for dirt.
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| Backfilled |
Once it was backfilled and settled, they started to frame in the basement and put in the supports for the cement slab that was going to go in the garage area.
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| Cement Slab Supports |
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| Ready for the Slab to be Poured |
I know all these awesome photos of concrete are just absolutely riveting, so to add some design interest to this post, I will now reveal the colours of Hardie Plank fibre cement siding we decided on for the exterior of our home.
After much deliberation, we came up with the following colour combination. I didn't want anything too harsh or overused, and we were also pretty limited by the developer as they had to approve our choices before we even submitted our application beforehand.
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Hardie Plank Siding Colours : Timber Bark (main), Cobblestone (shakers), Arctic White (trim)
Rockwork: Echo Ridge Country Ledgestone
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Side note: As of this week, they have started putting up the siding. I'll keep you in suspense and make you wait for a future post before you get to see what it looks like on the actual house :)
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