Jamie and Carrie's Home Building Adventures: Day 2

Here are some pictures from the finished rough excavation. Things went really smoothly today which was great! Apparently, most of the houses in the area had tons of rocks that had to be dug out which really slows down the excavation. Our lot had hardly any rocks and actually had a lot of good topsoil. Our excavator Mike did an excellent job making the backyard flat all the way to the woods. During the excavation, we had to lose 5 trees that was in the back yard and discovered that we will need a retaining wall on the right side of the house where the house-on-a-mountain is. Despite these issues, I think the back of the house will turn out great. Enjoy the pics...