Oh my gosh, congratulations!! Being within a week or two of breaking ground ourselves, I know what a major milestone that is. It seems like it's never going to happen. Good luck!

Congrats and welcome to the official world of building.

I took tons of photos at first. Everyday was like Christmas for a long time. Something new to see every single time I went there. But now the work being done can't really be seen so I don't take as many photos.

Good Luck!

Yippeee! Can't wait to see your progress. It's going to be a beauty! Digital photos...ah yes. I have taken so many photos my computer will probably explode. Seriously, I need to back some stuff up and get it off my hard drive!

Best of luck and my your construction woes be few!
Lindy

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MAY your construction woes be few!

Congrats! I cannot view your site from work, but will check it out when I get home.

Hopefully I will be there soon!

Wow!! You really did a very good job. Im also having a ground of 800x1000 yards. So, Im also thinking to dug it. Maybe I need you help. Just give me your phone number i'll give a call. Thanks alot.

Can't wait to see your progress pics! Your homesite looks so peaceful.

Woohoo! Beautiful backdrop there! You will continue to take ridiculous amounts of photos. And you should, especially after wiring/HVAC/plumbing are done but before insulating and drywall. You never know what might get missed by the drywall guys. Also, good reference for you later on if there are any problems.

Thank you, everyone, for your comments! I'm going to try and keep this short as I'm beat...we've been to our homesite (125 miles away from our current home) on Friday, Monday and Tuesday...and yet, I seem to have the energy to sort through my staggering amount of photos and post on my blog because I want to keep it updated - I just added new photos taken today of the foundation layout!

Ah, well, the truth is...I'm so excited that our project is finally in motion that I like to keep looking at the darn photos once I'm at home...kinda to remind me that it's real and I'm not having some great dream that we broke ground or something! ;)

Tomorrow I'm going to try and add some helpful tips on my blog about streamlining the bidding process. Layout was done today, piers will be drilled tomorrow and DH is making the trip there without me (and I'm hoping that he takes many, many good photos!)

Here is a link that might be useful: Villa della Vigna (The Vineyard Villa Blog)

Oh man oh man I would never leave there. Perfect spot for me. Congrats and the blog is so nice. Have fun! Our build is 5 mins away and my DH would have driven me CRAZY if we were that far away. He would have never been home-probably would have moved into a trailer or something and quit his job!
It is such a nice location-good luck.

Leilani, CONGRATULATIONS! How exciting!! I'm way behind you, but at least am starting the survey, so the designer can start designing. Wonderful news, and keep taking pictures!

Congratulations and happy building! I hope to be there sometime a year from this fall..which is still a long wait. BTW We bought our land about 5 years ago!

How fun....... Congratulations! I remember those good ole days~
Happy building
HB

Thanks, everyone! We'll be moving back to our "old" home soon, which is 30 miles from our site...better than 125 miles. Things are moving very quickly now (woo-hooo!!!) and it looks like all the piers will be drilled by the end of the week!

Photos, videos and updates are on my blog if anyone's interested (that way, I won't crowd this forum with every single progress update). Everyone is welcome to take a peek, whether it's to spark a visit down memory lane or to see what's in store for your upcoming build!

Here is a link that might be useful: Villa della Vigna (Our Home Building Blog)

damn, that is gorgeous.

I'm sure it has been posted, but i'm lazy -- where is this!?

I was in Napa Valley a few months ago looks like that!!

I'd like to stay there! hint hint

Anyone else confused? I'm new to this forum but it seems as though your blog shows a home nearly complete, yet you're just breaking ground? How many homes do you have going?? ;-)

scl2053, this original post is back in July - that's why they are almost done! Whenever someone replies to a thread (no matter how old) it brings it back to the top.