Wood

Construction of the new house next door is moving right along.  Looks like all the concrete work is done and they are about to start putting up the frame.  Albout three truckloads of wood were dropped off yesterday.  Guess the sound of hammers and nail guns will soon be here.

Tar

The contractor is moving right along on the McMansion being built next door.  The foundation walls were poured last week, the forms were taken down last Friday and today they are waterproofng the basement walls.

And there is a big plie of gravel sitting out front..  I expect this wil be used when they do the basement floor.

The House Next Door

The house next doorThe house next door is no more!  Our neighbors are doing a bit of “suburban renewal.” This is what the house next door looked like a few days ago.
The house next doorThe first blow!
No house next doorHalfway there!
The house next doorThe chimney is no more!
The house next doorThe coup de grace!
The house next doorAnd now the house is gone!  It took less than an hour to completely demolish the house.  The next day, it took about six hours and a number of 18-wheeler truckloads to haul away the debris and trees that were cut down.
No house next doorThis is what the property looks like now.  Ready for the new construction to begin.