Building our new house in Germany

This blog is to share my experience building a house in Germany with family, friends, and all others interested in the story. Tune in for exciting events in our household as we embark on this once in a lifetime adventure (especially in Germany) of building our house.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Finally, the cellar

Took a week off to visit the states for personal reasons and they seemed to have gotten busy on the cellar. Just before I left, they managed to get the foundation in. Don't ask me how it was done as it was raining, freezing, or snowing all the time. I guess they just needed one good day in between all the miserable ones. I wasn't even checking every day since I thought it was impossible to do anything based on the first delay. This is also after I gave them the go-ahead to put some sort of protection between the bottom of the hole and the foundation. This made it easier with the wet, pumped out ground and is safer in the long run.

Here are some shots of the installed cellar. Still needs some work though.

From the front

From the back