Proud Owners of a Footprint

On Monday we had stakes.  On Tuesday we had the promising beginnings of a hole.  On Thursday, we thought they were pretty much done digging.

We were pretty happy about it.

We were especially happy because there is a clause in our contract that says that if they have to bring out the big guns to get through major rock formations more than one day, then it happens at a cost to the buyers in the form of $1500 per day.

This lovely piece of rock is where our garage is located.  I'm guessing there's really no point in asking for a crawl space under the garage.

I thought that Mr. BBM was crazy when he said they were done, because "That hole is not deep enough!  We ordered 9 ft. basement walls to accomodate my kobudo training!"  Then I realized that Mr. BBM was probably right.  Back against that wall of dirt and rock, we could have fit Mr. BBM twice, length-wise.

When we realized it was totally flattened out, we figured we'd be getting a footprint soon. 

Then we discovered these rocks in what will be in our backyard. . .

. . . and we were even more happy that they were finished digging and that we didn't have to pay anything extra to have a kobudo-worthy basement.

Today, we arrived to find this. . .

We officially have our footprint.

It feels good to have something in concrete.

Stay tuned, because next week, we'll have some walls!