Wow – it’s really getting forward! Troy and his team made a great progress on the foundation and Melvin MacDonald’s boys were digging like hell. We really can see the house coming. Unfortunately we have to leave tomorrow…
Category Archives: Building process
The foundation is in!
Yesterday we arrived in Gegogan Harbour – marvellous weather and gorgeous Indian Summer. It’s the first time we have seen this super-coloured landscape – a definet must! We were out to the building site first in the morning and – yes – the foundation is in. Troy did a great job in the last weeks …
Excavation and foundation
Received an email from Troy today: Work started on the excavation and foundation.
The project starts!
Today we’ve selected the builder for the house. We had a small tender process and several good looking offers from local builders. In the end we’ve decided to work with Troy. He’s almost a neighbor and lives close by which we think is a big advantage. Hopefully the building process will start as soon as …
The new plan
After we spent some time understanding the local building tradition and learned our lesson well, we’ve decided to hire a local architect to develop the final plans of the house. We moved back to the very first draft Peter made a year ago and asked George – an architect from Antigonish – to use that …
The first visit after the purchase…
…we were all very excited when we entered into Liscomb area. This is the family’s first visit after we’ve purchased the property. How will it be? We’ve bought a piece of wood and wilderness – now the road is in and the building spot is stubbed. But everything’s fine and then everybody is really happy. …
Setback for the project…
Peter is a little bit frustrated… Today we’ve learned that our ideas for the new house are either to complicated for the local builders or to expensive. Three refusals! Mmmmhm. I guess we have to rethink the project – especially as we do not have an unlimited budget…
Changed plans and first tender
After several other ideas we finally decided what we want and finished the plans for the new house. Peter and Wan Fa sent out the invitations to tender today .
Driveway!
Today Steffen sent some pictures of the driveway. Hey – that looks like a road 😉
Closing date
…our lawyer confirmed the transaction today. Gegogan Harbour Lot 3 is now ours!