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This is basically the same view as the previous picture,
except the forms for our concrete walkways have been laid down. We decided
to put concrete and tile around most of the house to discourage vegetation
and insects from creeping up too close. |
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It wasn't long before they
started framing the second floor. Running across the width of the front
of the second floor is the master suite. The master bath is on the
left, jutting out a little, and master bedroom is on the right. We're
going to have a "lanai" (deck) coming off the master bedroom,
and that large opening you see there is a sliding door leading to it. |
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This is the view from the back. On the first floor, left to right,
you can see the dining room, kitchen, and media room. On the second floor,
left to right, are the guest room (doubling as Sarah's office), and my
office. There will be another lanai off the rear of the second floor
running the width of the house, with stairs coming down to the patio.
The concrete slab sticking out near the bottom is where our hot tub will
go. If the house looks like it is being framed with treated lumber, that's
because it is. It's essential for an area with so much rain and so many
insects. |
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This is what passes for a
septic tank on the Big Island. They call it a cesspool, but it really
is a septic tank. What you do not have here are leaching fields. The
tank is a perforated concrete cylinder, and the leaching field is your
land. Lava rock is so porous that is becomes a natural leaching field.
No one has private wells, so it's safe, too; there is no danger of
contaminating ground water. |