When Mike Goheen of Goheen Construction said we needed to fill in around the foundations and septic, it made sense. Who would have thought we’d need 40 (yup, that’s 4 – zero!) loads of fill. And yes, it is as expensive as you are probably imagining. But  how it looks make it easier to get over the sticker-shock. Here’s some photos from the beginning to now.

Because the land has a deep slop, and is about 8″ of earth on top of limestone, we could only dig down a bit, then have to build up.

We had to fill in around the foundation walls to protect them from water and frost.

So now the foundations and the site is ready for the houses to be delivered!