It's Framing Time!!

The boys have been busy today! When Phil & I got back to Bamfield late on Wednesday night, there were no walls up yet.

This is just the first floor - sits a bit higher than we had thought, but once it is back filled, it won't look so tall. There are new building codes for us on the rainy coast (due to the leaky condo scandal a few years ago) which requires us to double wrap the house in the black building paper, then put on some strapping to which the siding will be attached. This is the new rain screen system - well, one of the new systems & the one we can afford.
This is the view from the first floor bedroom window. We can see water!!! Didn't expect that & once we trim down some of the trees in the ditch across the road, we'll have an even better view. The little cedar trees, which our neighbour across the way so thoughtfully planted 10 years ago for no apparant reason (his house is down on the boardwalk), will grow & get in the way very soon. We have already asked if he would top them, but we were told 'NO' in no uncertain terms. So we have to come up with another solution for the view or a better way of convincing him his trees are quite in the way & benefiting no one......Suggestions??