Or, as my wife describes it: big freakin' mess. She's a landscape architect, so trees are particularly precious to her. We're hoping to save as many trees as possible, even very close to the house, as that's what drew us to this site.
There was a natural break in the trees that really drove the design of the house. It's laid out along two intersecting axes: one north-south and the other northeast-southwest. Here's a site plan...
That's the main house in the relatively level area. The creek is to the east and the approach is to the south. The carport is accessed off the 'old road bed' to the west.
The first floor is slab-on-grade, to take full advantage of radiant heat. Our only basement is under the carport, which is almost as high as second floor level, relative to the house. So it's this basement that receives the majority of our attention during excavation - the rest is essentially leveling out the pad.
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