Grading continues on the site. This week was a biggie as the septic tank was installed. Since it’s located on the east side of the house, it had to be installed prior to starting the foundation for the house, as we won’t have access to that side once the foundation is in place. Thank you…

Part of the excavation is bringing the utilities to the site. This week we dug the trenches to bury the conduit for the internet, as well as water and electricity. In order to dig this, our beautiful gravel driveway had to be dug up and right now we have a lot of mud. The good…

May 8th – Received our building permit! This week we began the site preparation and preliminary grading. The site is naturally sloped from the west to the east, and from the north to the south. Dreaming Bear Retreat will be slab on grade for the primary suite on the northwest portion of the property, and…

Harvesting, Milling & Drying Our Own Lumber Sustainability is so important to us and we wanted to have the smallest carbon footprint in creating this home. Due to local county fire prevention regulations, we were required to cut down trees in or near the footprint of the new build.  These trees were lovingly harvested from…