Permit to Construct... Sewage?
Time is ticking along and things keep moving... On the Saturday before last (11.19), we received our Rensco approved septic plan from the engineer, along with the permit to construct, good for 5 years. I hope we will be able to get this put in next summer (assuming we own the land by then) and inspected. I will need to start talking to my friend Charlie to see if he can give me an estimate of what it is going to cost.
The plan calls for 48" of borrowed fill on top of the 12 inches of usable soil we have. This is estimated at 900 cubic yards of fill we will need. Not knowing what fill is going to cost I will guess it is going to be fairly expensive. We had better start tightening the straps right now. In any case, we have an approved septic plan, so that is one more thing to check off the list. The well will have to be the first thing we do, since there is no sense doing anything with the septic until we know that is all set. I think we'll have to have the driveway done next in order to bring in the fill to the area for the septic.
Next year promises to be busy, if we can afford it all. I would like to have those three items set by this time next year so that we can hopefully build the garage during the summer of 2007 and be living on our land by then. That will make starting work on the main house the following year much simpler, since I will already be at the site when I am not at work. My father suggested using split face block for the bottom floor of the garage, and then we can build the apartment on top in whatever manner we decide. This seems like a good idea, since it is way more attractive than plain block, comes in lots of colors (meaning no need to paint) and is fairly cheap as well as being durable. I need to buckle down this winter and do some work on garage and house plans.
On the closing front, they have heard back from one neighbor, who indicated that they had placed the posted signs in order to deter hunters and trespassers on the property as it borders their property. They also indicated that they would be consulting their lawyer on the paperwork and possibly having a survey of their own done. Keeping in mind that this is 1 of 4 neighbors who need to respond, I suspect that this may take a while. I don't know if surveyors work in the winter, but even if they do and are not very busy, it will likely take at least a month (with the holidays coming up) for them to be able to sign the papers. I now expect that we may close by the end of January if things go good.
The plan calls for 48" of borrowed fill on top of the 12 inches of usable soil we have. This is estimated at 900 cubic yards of fill we will need. Not knowing what fill is going to cost I will guess it is going to be fairly expensive. We had better start tightening the straps right now. In any case, we have an approved septic plan, so that is one more thing to check off the list. The well will have to be the first thing we do, since there is no sense doing anything with the septic until we know that is all set. I think we'll have to have the driveway done next in order to bring in the fill to the area for the septic.
Next year promises to be busy, if we can afford it all. I would like to have those three items set by this time next year so that we can hopefully build the garage during the summer of 2007 and be living on our land by then. That will make starting work on the main house the following year much simpler, since I will already be at the site when I am not at work. My father suggested using split face block for the bottom floor of the garage, and then we can build the apartment on top in whatever manner we decide. This seems like a good idea, since it is way more attractive than plain block, comes in lots of colors (meaning no need to paint) and is fairly cheap as well as being durable. I need to buckle down this winter and do some work on garage and house plans.
On the closing front, they have heard back from one neighbor, who indicated that they had placed the posted signs in order to deter hunters and trespassers on the property as it borders their property. They also indicated that they would be consulting their lawyer on the paperwork and possibly having a survey of their own done. Keeping in mind that this is 1 of 4 neighbors who need to respond, I suspect that this may take a while. I don't know if surveyors work in the winter, but even if they do and are not very busy, it will likely take at least a month (with the holidays coming up) for them to be able to sign the papers. I now expect that we may close by the end of January if things go good.
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