Today is a great day! Why? Because our driveway is starting to be built! After the vague responses we were getting from Bay West on when it would happen, we were getting a little frustrated at not knowing when it would happen. This is great timing for us, because our driveway was rapidly eroding with all the rain we've been having - it was getting difficult to even get into our garage. And being one of the few people on our block that doesn't yet have the topsoil back, we're happy that we're the first to get our driveway "framed". I don't know if they'll be here to pour it today (I would assume so), but here's what it's looking like so far:



Pictured above is our front walkway leading up to the door. It will be nice to have a real walkway instead of our guests walking over dirt and rocks!



The driveway in it's "framed" state. It will be great to see that filled in with concrete!

Like with everything else, there are some learning experiences here. First up, the crew just showed up today and started working. Because I work from my home, my car was still in the garage. I was really surprised that they didn't even knock on the front door to tell me they were here and to make sure there were no cars in the garage! If I hadn't looked out my window on my way upstairs, I wouldn't even have noticed there were there. It ended up not being that big of a deal, because I was able to drive over the grid shown above, but what it they poured the concrete while my car was still inside the garage? I wouldn't be able to use my car for weeks!

The other thing that was a little frustrating was the type of concrete being used. My parents have this really cool concrete (it has a special name), and when Ashley called the company doing the concrete pouring they gave us some prices per square meter. It seemed pretty expensive, so I would have preferred to have included this cost in house mortgage. We also have no clue how many square feet of concrete we have, so we couldn't come up with an accurate price. I thought that at some point we'd hear from Bay West on what our options were, but that never happened. Since it would seem this is a "buyer takes charged" part of the process, I'd urge you to think ahead and be aware of what your options are. Get some options from your salespeople and bundle the cost in with the price of the house.