I live in Glendale, AZ and my home owners association is not very understanding of my new Malibu Wakesetter being parked on the side of my house. The rule states that it cannot be seen over the fence. I went to a home owners meeting to build up my fence and wall 16 inches and they told me to no. I was really angry and told them that they were forcing me to get out my shovel. It was very frustrating, I was going to rent a Bobcat and build my own hole and walls for my boat hole, but it was going to cost me more than if I hired 3 different contractors to do the work for me.

First I drew up my plans in Visio and had exact measurements. I then had ground marking paint from Home Depot and had the contractor's come out and give me bids. The first bid to dig the hole 40" deep by 12' x 25', remove the dirt and build block wall on 3 sides was going to be $7000. I then was immediately ready to do it myself. So I looked around at what it would cost to remove the dirt myself. The more I looked the more expensive it became. So after a lot of searching and ideas, I hired one contractor to dig, one to remove the dirt to the land fill and one to build the concrete / block walls.

I had the digger dig a hole 36" deep, by 13' by 28' long with a 9 foot ramp. It turned out perfect as you can see. The dig was $500. Then I had the dirt removed, I had over 20 tons of dirt. It cost $1500 for the dirt removal. Then I had the block and concrete work done. As you can see with the picture with my son in it, we had to have the front east side go from 15 inches to 4 inches. This allowed me to have more room to park my boat in as it is coming down the ramp and swing it to the west with no issues. He put Rebar and steel beams in all of the concrete and block. As you can see I added 2" x 2" by 1/8 thick 12 foot steel upright beams for my sides and roof. I will do a part II to this article once completed with sides and roof. But I also had the digger dig another 15" deep, 6" x 6" to fill with small rock and a sump pump. That way the water will drain through the rock, but if it pours the sump pump will drain it out to the street for me. My home owners can burn in you know where now! Let me know what you think.

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