New Build Home Timeline Series

New Build Home Timeline - This is very early in the building timeline. This is my daughter's cleared building lot. It's time to stake out the foundation so the foundation hole can be dug. Copyright 2018 Tim Carter

New Build Home Timeline Series

This is a giant new build home timeline series following my own daughter and son-in-law. They are building a new home on Mt. Desert Island in Downeast Maine.

This page is part one of the series. At the bottom of each page, you'll discover a link to the next part of the series.

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New Build Home Timeline Part One - Lot Clearing

This is the actual plot plan of the building lot. My daughter and her husband purchased lot #7. I think this will help you understand the project. The lot is just under one acre in size.

This is a typical plot plan survey document. You can see the property lines, the pins at all the corners and bends as well as the distances along the property lines. Don't even look at a lot unless you have this in your hands and you can read all the print on the document. Copyright 2018 Tim Carter

Week One - October 14, 2018

On October 15, 2018 the contractor began cutting trees to clear the space for the house. The lot was covered with hundreds of small, medium and large trees as you can see in the photo taken in January of 2018.

This is what the lot looked like before any trees were cut down. Believe me, there were lots of trees. Copyright 2018 Tim Carter

It took one week to just cut the trees down and stack the logs by the road. A large area had to be cleared as well for the septic leach field.

The following photo shows the lot as you'd see it looking back to the street. Note my daughter's black car behind the logs.

My daughter was standing in what will be the backyard looking towards the street. Copyright 2018 Tim Carter

CLICK HERE for Week Two - October 21, 2018