Bulldawgy

It occurred to me that many of you may have never seen the dirt that we purchased over a year ago.  So - I offer you these photos - and hopefully a periodic update as to the progress of the new home.

What you see here to the right is the entrance to the property from the road.  In true Bulldawgy fashion, our neighbors, the Richardsons, have chosen a fine black mailbox.  This works nicely with the Red mailbox of the Lee family - all giving the entrance a true Bulldog motif.

 

 

 

 

Here we have the view from our neighbor’s home.  You are looking toward the south, down the hill.  Our house will be to the right of the gravel drive in this picture.

 

 

 

This is the view of the house.  But, the house isn’t there yet.  I have been assured that it will be done by Christmas!  That’s amazing to me.

Needless to say, quite a few of these trees are going to be felled.  If you look closely, there is a tree in the front left of the picture with a green ribbon on it.  That green ribbon is the ribbon of survival…. this tree won’t be chopped down.

 

 

 

Two of the three requirements necessary for the erosion control permit are in place.  The first, is this sign (procured from my neighborhood Home Depot).  It will hold my permits.

 

 

 

 

 

The second of these requirements is the double row, Type C DOT silt fence you see to the right here.   This will protect the "creek" (future pictures to com) from runoff when we fell all those trees and dig the hole for the basement.  I say "creek" because that is what the Georgia EPA calls it.  It’s really a ditch that has puddles in it when it rains.  Occasional puddles, that is.

The final step before we can knock over trees and move dirt is the septic permit.  We are waiting from word from Cherokee County.

More to come.  Don’t be strangers.