The General In His Labyrinth

Gimme Shelter!

Page 1 - Site preparation

The Project: A 2,163 square foot house utilizing dry stack concrete block construction with a central courtyard and based on the Spanish colonial-era missions in San Antonio.

The Challenge: Can a forty-something married couple design and build an attractive, efficient and mostly paid-for house while remaining sane, solvent and married? With no actual prior construction experience? Hmmmmm - let's check in on our Contestants and see how they're doing...
Before doing anything, make sure you have plenty of canine supervision, as these knuckleheads will tell you.
We put down 750 feet of post oak gravel for the driveway. Along the way, we got a crash course in dealing with subcontractors' schedules and promises.
Ferdinand watches the front gate for us... Front gate
$1,000 gets us a water meter from the local water monopoly. As much as we'd like a well, it will have to wait until we get the house built. Pipe dreams
Electric power! Our little piece of Texas joins the 21st Century, for better or worse. At least we can listen to the radio while working now. A shocking development
Site prepared, utilities installed, nerves and finances frayed but intact, we press on and set up for pouring the foundation here.
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