“What kind of house the owner of the site will build is a matter of his desire and taste. However, in all cases, the construction of a house begins with the construction of the foundation. It is recommended to start by installing cast-offs around the future house - a series of posts with boards nailed to the top, 20 cm above the proposed base and 1–1.5 m from the edge of the trenches or holes for the foundation. The casting does not have to be continuous. On the boards, a wire or fishing line is pulled through the cuts so that it coincides with the axes of the walls and their edges. The cast-off will help you properly dig trenches for the foundation and lay the walls. By lowering a plumb line from the wire, you can check every time whether you made a mistake...” Every owner of a summer cottage dreams of turning it into a piece of paradise. And this can only be done by answering all the numerous questions that arise when implementing a development project. How to arrange an alpine slide, a swimming pool with a cascade, a lawn with green vases on the site? Where and how to properly lay paths, make ramps, stairs? What material can be used for this? And in general, where to start? Brochures from the “Building a Dacha” series will help you find answers to these and many other questions.