Basement footings and walls

Sean and I were able to escape to Good Hart for our only getaway of the summer, and while we were away Mickey oversaw a ton of progress that was made for the house. The footings were poured Monday, the basement forms were set Tuesday, and the walls were poured Wednesday. They're now curing for a week, and we hope to get the roughers in by mid-July.

After the long drive back this morning, we zipped out to the lot to check out everything we have been hearing about. Saturday afternoon saw temps in the upper 90s, but Peter was a trooper and enjoyed hanging out and strolling around the basement with us. It is really exciting to see the dimensions of the house, and it's much easier to visualize the whole structure now.

Here are the photos Sean snapped while we were there today.

This is the far wall of the basement, and the footings that were put down Monday are visible, too. The line in the dirt shows the outline of the rest of the wall that will be built, and the jog to the right is where the doors to the walkout will go.
Here is the longest length of basement along the front of the house. The notches along the top are where the steel beams will go during roughing.
This is the interior of the basement wall. The half wall on the far side will be finished off with framing and windows along the rest of the wall to the opposite corner seen in the first photo.
Below is the front left corner of the house around the other side of the wall in the shot above; the photo was taken from where the attached garage will be.
Peter and I check out the basement from the front of the house.