We Built A House
From bare land to farm home
Category: Home
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We borrow from nature the space upon which we build. Tadao Ando
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We figured out where we wanted the driveway. If you take a look at this aerial, you’ll see where we were running the string in the video (which is entertaining). (Thanks to my sister, Megan, for forcing through those briars.) The red line in the aerial is where we staked our line from survey pin…
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Possibly the most uneventful post ever for those who prefer telenovela drama—which I also do love—but the planting of tiny trees seems a welcome addition to these early posts that include topography and taxes. Topography, taxes, and tiny trees. All right here, baby. (Do you even see them? I planted leftover Kaibab Spruce seedlings from…
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While I’m on the subject of county auditors and how much information you can find if yours offers various aerials, I’ll also mention that the auditor is also where you find real estate tax information. That’s part of the reason why they’re so interested in documenting your property and any/all of its improvements. Decide for…
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The auditor’s site is my friend: Delaware County Auditor. See above photo for an example of this. I don’t know what your county is like, but here in Delaware County, Ohio where we built, we can add “layers” to the aerial of any property on the auditor’s site that show its contours, floodplains, estimated soil…
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We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and a context which we cannot properly describe. Christopher Alexander
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For more than a year before we started building, I walked the property and daydreamed. And planned. Where should the driveway go—high side or low side? Does water stand anywhere when it rains? How long are the shadows from the trees to the east? We knew that we wanted the house in the top corner…
We Built A House 