Lot 13 is over 300 feet from West River Road, but to give the home greater privacy a mound was laid out on the other side of the tall maple trees to the east on the west border of the Lot 12 lawn. This view is from the home site to the northeast and the Lot… More Lot 13 Privacy Mound Install
The April 19, 2009 photo was of the Lot 11 hydrant vault just installed by Precision Directional Boring on April 9th. This vault would be incorporated into a second privacy mound for Lot 12 to block West River Road traffic headlights for the house on Lot 12. The soil for this mound would come from the widening of… More West River Road Entrance Mound, 2009
Driveway upgrades, installation of new driveways are all in Kodiak’s wheelhouse. On April 24, 2009 while working on the north turnaround/privacy mound by the Lot 10 home, Kodiak also excavated the topsoil for the south turnaround on the West River Road common drive. The topsoil was trucked to an area designated for a privacy mound for… More Driveway Installations, 2009
A wide entrance is critical to safe ingress/egress to West River Road. The Medina County Highway Engineers required a 50-foot wide connection from the common drive to West River Road. Due to the location of a utility pole that had been installed in the driveway easement, the driveway would have a sharper curve entering/exiting south, and… More West River Road Driveway Entrance, 2009
2009 was a year of improvements at Lakeview. Kodiak Construction, Inc. spearheaded the above-ground work which included installing privacy mounds for Lots 10, 12 and 13; driveways, and turnaround driveways at both the north and south ends of the common driveway to Lots 10 and 11 which is on the dam to the upper lake. This October 20, 2008 photo is a view of… More North Turnaround/Privacy Mound, Lot 10
Lakeview’s Lot 11 has its own fire hydrant. The Valley City Fire Department’s Fire Inspector, Dave Roth, required Lakeview to install a private fire hydrant for Lot 11 due to its distance from the West River Road hydrant near Lot 12. The Lot 11 home site location is over 1,000 feet from the West River Road hydrant, across… More Lot 11’s Private Fire Hydrant Install
In 2007, while working with my realtor, Kavitha Kripikaran of Russell Realty in Strongsville, Ohio, I learned from her that it was easier to present rural building lots to clients if there were a rendering of a home shown on the lot. But, since Lakeview Rural Reservation deed restrictions do not dictate the style of… More Lakeview Home Ideas Page Development
While on Lot 11 with my Kawasaki Mule, gathering fallen limbs toward the end of April, I startled mama goose who had been napping while sitting on her nest. She had selected a scenic spot, tucked at the base of an oak tree next to the upper lake. Giving a loud honking alarm cry she jumped up, flew to… More Goose Family Adventures
With all the rain in June the trees are lush, the grass is vibrant; plenty of food for the deer, woodchuck, ducks and geese. Seeing the deer grazing outside my kitchen window brings a smile to my soul. The flowers in my garden are also a tasty morsel for the deer and woodchuck, but I… More Animal Visitor News
During the winter, several of the Scotch pines on Lot 12 succumbed to the cold, requiring the services of Dale Young and sons, Town and Country Tree Service from Columbia Station. I didn’t search for bids because they had done work for me in the past, taken down damaged/dying/dead trees that had over 2 foot… More Winter tree casualties, 2014-15