In the Hole and Under Contract

So things are moving along with our house. They have now drilled and poured our piers that run to bedrock for our basement. A typical basement would have concrete poured directly into forms in the hole, but because our soil is expansive, they have drilled down to bedrock and anchored these piers with rebar. Boo ya. Next comes the pouring of the walls and the laying of the floors.

In related news, we are under contract on our old home. It’s been hard for me to wrap my mind around the fact that we don’t live there anymore. It’s helped that it’s staged within an inch of its life and doesn’t really LOOK like our house anymore … but it’s still the house where we have spent nine and a half years and the house we brought our babies home to; the house where we said goodbye to our dog, May, and brought a crazy ball of black fur (Loki) home to. It’s the house where we spent countless evenings with my mom. It was so good to us and I hate to leave it.

Happily, from what we can tell (based on various internet snoopings), the people who want to buy our house are young couple. They are moving from a smaller house in the city, which I’m guessing means they have little kids or want some soon. I like the idea that it will go to a young family, like us, who is in our ‘hood for the great community and good schools and a cozy little place to call home. It helps.

So … onward upward. Hoping the walls are up by weekend, but I’m not sure if the piers need to cure before they can pour the footers and walls. I should ask some construction people about that …