Building our new house
In early 2007, we began building our new Round House here at Sacred Groves with a vision to expand our residential community on this beautiful land.
We purchased 3 round structures from Oregon Yurtworks--a big house with a large round Great Room that has become the heart and hearth of the Sacred Groves community, and 2 yurtlettes, private bedroom-cabins for new residents. We are modeling a "small is beautiful" lifestyle with small personal spaces, sharing kitchen, bathrooms, laundry, living room. We are enthused about the joys and challenges of community living, committed to the spiritual and personal growth required for sharing life in this way.
This blog, which has the most recent entry at the top, tells the story of the construction of the new house, starting with the foundation built Spring 2007. Carpenter and Groves resident Tere Carranza has managed the project from start to near-finish.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
We pass another inspection!
Yes - we invited the building inspector to take a look - and were given the go-ahead to take the next step in the building process. We can now pour concrete with the sanction of the powers that be.
Of course, we'll have to finish building the formwork - and that's our goal this coming week.
Concrete has been ordered, the pump company has been notified - all we have to do is provide the formwork, the crew and a couple of checks.
Calling the Crew
I called Francis on Friday, to see if he would be available to help us with this pour - and when I ran into him at the farmer's market on Saturday - he said YES - he'd be there! I was very pleased. I'll call David K when he returns from vacation in a couple of days and see if he and his compadres are available to provide the muscle and expertise...
posted by Tere # 4:21 PM 