Building on family land that hasn’t been “improved” has many challenges – including the basic and early step of actually getting to it!
It’s a complicated situation – how John’s grandfather’s land was divided in the 1990’s – but the portion that my late mother-in-law inherited has a 40 foot wide deeded strip of land that connects the rest of the 177 acres to the state highway. Without this 1.1 acres of land, this property would be landlocked. And it has never been cleared in the 24 years I’ve been with John. Until now.
As we prepare for backhoes, bulldozers, concrete trucks and trucks heavy with timber and other materials, we needed our own road to get the materials to our home site (we were previously using a neighbor’s road that is adjacent to our property, but they didn’t want those heavy trucks beating up their road).
Hence the clearing has begun so groundbreaking can begin soon.
I was really happy when I saw the work! First – I cannot believe how fast the crew is at clearing – all of this was done in just one day! And I love how many trees they left – I was really concerned it would look like “scorched earth” with everything decimated.
Now the final 1/3 needs to be cleared out to the road. I think there may be some heavy rock laid down so the trucks don’t get stuck in mud, but I’m not positive. Thankfully John has been in charge of this part of the process!
This has definitely been part of what is different building out in the country, versus building on a lot you purchased in a neighborhood. We have to do all of the infrastructure ourselves, but in the end we know it will be worth it!
Have you ever built a house or needed to bring in infrastructure? Would love to hear your thoughts and thanks for stopping by!
Hugs, Libby