Those lines on the ground? They're just suggestions....

Whoops! Hit a fairly large snag with the House on the Hill today. Ok, it may be enough to derail the entire deal of putting a house on that beautiful property. (I don't think that will happen, but it could.)

Turns out my little hand drawn Site Plan wasn't "Fireman Friendly". Spoke with a very kind and understanding and helpful battalion chief for the California Department of Forestry. Looks like I need to enlarge a portion of the drive way to a width of 20' for at least 30' in length (along with a 25' long approach on either side. With the drive way sittin' there along the side of the hill and the rock beneath the dirt so close to the surface that's kinda difficult to get. Unless, of course, dynamite is used. (Which might be fun in its own right...)

Also had to rethink the orientation of the house on the building pad to allow for CDF requirements to allow enough space for a fire truck to turn around. We jus' spun the house 90 degrees and shoved it back onto the hill. Problem solved! (Still got some bulldozing to do, though.)

This picture shows where the house used to be planned.



Got the first guts of the well pump put in today, too. That's what these pictures are of. First, the pump truck. It's the truck with the thing on the back. And second, the bear-ish pump guys who came in the pump truck to put the pump in the well. The nearly 1,000' deep well.