Put to bed for winter

The barn is now down, the land is cleared, andwe have put the project to bed for winter. We are in the planning and budgeting stages and will start building this summer.

Clearing for our new back yard

After getting a Notice of Intent approval to clear within the buffer zone, we hired a wetlands supervisor Dave Burke and a clearing company to clear within the parameters allowed by Conservation. We then purchased hay bales and sill fencing to border the perimeter.
We have a totall of 2.5 acres of property which is beautifully bordered with a sweeping meadow back view and a farm feel. Less than 1/2 mile down the road, there is Heard Pond where people can boat, fish, ice skate, etc. along with many walking trails of The Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge & Sudbury Valley Trustees Land.

Barn Demolition

Demo underway! A crew came in and had to remove every nail and all of the timbers as they took the massive structure down. It took 2 months to finish and all of the full aged timber wood was saved.

Michala's Fav Tree

Michala's favorite tree in the backyard before it was cut down

Clearing the land

Almost immediately, Rob pulled out his chain saw and started cutting down brush to clear whatever he could. I, along with Michala and Taylor ran around the land feeling proud as new landowners and soaking up the little left of warm sun before New England heads into winter!

Here is a picture of the barn and land. It was a 60x40 barn that was NOT historical so was able to be dismantled. This is the Fall of 2006.

The barn was built in circa 1860. Pelham Island is the site of a 400 acre land grant made to Herbert Pelham and his father-in-law Mr. Walgrave in 1639.

TayMic

Well, after a long year of waiting, we finally were able to get approval to dismantle the barn and move forward to buy our land. The land is approximately 2.5 acres in a wonderful Southside Sudbury location near the Wayland town line.

We can't wait to build our dream house and are right now in the final stages of plans for the house.

I will chronicle the building of the house here on this blog with all of you.