New house

I had planned on starting a house in the spring however we had a warm week early in December and I was able to get a contractor to come in and build the foundation.

 

Here is the plan. For now we are going to build the main part of the house (the big part on the left) and we can do the addition later.

 

 

1st floor:

There is a window seat/bench under the large window that will contain a TV lift cabinet. The TV would recess down into it when not in use.  (There will have to be a hole in the floor underneath to allow it to go down.) The bench will be large enough to serve as an extra bed too.

 

loft (still needs a little editing):

 

 

 

 

The cold and snow returned as they were pouring the concrete. I rented concrete blankets to protect it while it cured.

Meanwhile, I got to work on the log rafters. The house will be framed conventionally but the ridge and rafters will be log. I milled one side flat and built a jig to make the end cuts.

Dec. 18, 2015 got started on framing the floor system. It was snowy all weekend with temps right around 32. Oreo toughed it out with me but Shadow stayed in the warm cabin all day each day.

 

Shadow got out on Sunday to inspect the progress.

 

 

 

Terry is coming in for Christmas on Thursday!

 

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

Moving day

 

Moving day went well. We had two cabins to move this time. I hired the same guys from last time I moved it. They did a good job.

 

 

 

 

We stopped on the road side of the creek and set up the newer cabin.

 

Then we forded the creek with the crane and the main cabin.

It was a beautiful fall day.

 



You may not believe this but...

So, two years ago we sold our place on Beaver Creek. At the time the surrounding property was for sale too and I had an agreement with that seller that if I found a buyer for both properties then Terry and I would buy 10 acres of that, located at the north end of the meadow. They were agreeable to that and sure enough, our buyer wanted both properties. In the end the other seller ended up selling the 10 acres to a relative instead of us.

About 3 weeks ago I saw the property go on the market and signed a contract on it the same day it was listed. We closed on it Friday which means we are moving back to Beaver Creek!

 

I showed Terry around on Friday. The narrow photos are panoramic.

 

 

 

The plan is to move the little cabin over to the land and live in it while building a house. Hopefully it will be done by the time Terry moves back in about 22 months.