I cut down a grape vine and two trees behind the garage today to help protect my new shingles.  A lot more sun now – perhaps something will start to grow behind there now!

Front post for new mailbox:

New cedar mailbox:

Had them remove the front sidewalk and steps:

Drainage was much better!  Still pools up, but can drain and doesn’t end up in basement.  We received 2 inches in rain in under an hour:

Here is the first attempt at grading the new dirt after the excavation of the sewer:

Here are the results after a heavy downpour – The rain can’t drain with the existing steps and sidewalk, so it ends up in the basement seeping in through the walls:

Front half of house is done, need to do the back half and still need to replace the siding they took off of the garage.  Should be done tomorrow, then I can have the rain gutters installed and finish the fill-dirt in the front yard.

The garage side access door was put in, Garage shingles done – they still need to replace the siding.  Front side of house has the shingles removed:

Note it is so hot, when I took the camera outside, it fogged up!