Red Light, Green Light, 1... 2... 3...
So, a couple of hours ago, we got a call back from the building inspector. We had called to find out if he received our application for a building permit, if there is anything else he needed in order to process it and how long it generally takes to get turned around. He called and let us know that he had just put our building permit in the mail!
We are going to see the foundation contractor and excavator this evening to meet with them and try to set a timetable, and knowing that we have a permit in the mail is huge. We can actually set hard dates instead of guessing, and with the weather set to change (Accuweather says that we are looking at a week of highs in the 60s, and highs above 50 until the end of the month), maybe we will have the footings and foundation walls in by the beginning of May. The building permit is really the catalyst that will set everything in motion. Soon enough, I think, we will realize we are on a runaway train.
After our meeting (thanks to Grandma Lana again for watching the kiddies), we will stop up to the site for a few things. We need to check to see if Cingular has better coverage in our area than Verizon (our wireless carrier for now). Thanks to Mara for letting us borrow her phone for this experiment. The coverage map looks better on paper for Cingular than Verizon, but the proof is in the pudding.
If this works out we will not have to worry about getting a land line installed from the get go. If it doesn't work out, we will get the land line since the Verizon service only works when standing at the top of the driveway, on one foot, holding your right index finger up like a lightning rod and spinning widdershins at 1.23 feet per minute. OK, it may not be that bad, but it certainly isn't usable.
We may also do some more clearing of downed trees if the weather (and snow cover) is acceptable. That part may be tough, depending on how the Nor'easter treated our hill, but we shall see.
Update - 11:15pm
We met with the foundation and excavation people, who are all just great folks. We sat and chatted with them for a while and let them know we have our permit. We will meet them up there Saturday to get things going. They'll bring a machine so they can start looking at elevations and what is what.
We went up and checked out the Cingular service.... It was completely nonexistent aside from their coverage map which shows they cover the area. Ah well, this means we will have to get with Verizon to get a phone line request started.
When we finally got home, we found a piece of mail from the Town, which was our building permit! It is only No. 7 of 2007 - a limited edition, and only good until April 13 of 2008. I have blown up the plans and put them on the walls of my area at work (the word cube really doesn't do it justice), something nice to look at when I need a break from the monitor. I think I will have to put up a copy of the permit to complete the theme.
We are going to see the foundation contractor and excavator this evening to meet with them and try to set a timetable, and knowing that we have a permit in the mail is huge. We can actually set hard dates instead of guessing, and with the weather set to change (Accuweather says that we are looking at a week of highs in the 60s, and highs above 50 until the end of the month), maybe we will have the footings and foundation walls in by the beginning of May. The building permit is really the catalyst that will set everything in motion. Soon enough, I think, we will realize we are on a runaway train.
After our meeting (thanks to Grandma Lana again for watching the kiddies), we will stop up to the site for a few things. We need to check to see if Cingular has better coverage in our area than Verizon (our wireless carrier for now). Thanks to Mara for letting us borrow her phone for this experiment. The coverage map looks better on paper for Cingular than Verizon, but the proof is in the pudding.
If this works out we will not have to worry about getting a land line installed from the get go. If it doesn't work out, we will get the land line since the Verizon service only works when standing at the top of the driveway, on one foot, holding your right index finger up like a lightning rod and spinning widdershins at 1.23 feet per minute. OK, it may not be that bad, but it certainly isn't usable.
We may also do some more clearing of downed trees if the weather (and snow cover) is acceptable. That part may be tough, depending on how the Nor'easter treated our hill, but we shall see.
Update - 11:15pm
We met with the foundation and excavation people, who are all just great folks. We sat and chatted with them for a while and let them know we have our permit. We will meet them up there Saturday to get things going. They'll bring a machine so they can start looking at elevations and what is what.
We went up and checked out the Cingular service.... It was completely nonexistent aside from their coverage map which shows they cover the area. Ah well, this means we will have to get with Verizon to get a phone line request started.
When we finally got home, we found a piece of mail from the Town, which was our building permit! It is only No. 7 of 2007 - a limited edition, and only good until April 13 of 2008. I have blown up the plans and put them on the walls of my area at work (the word cube really doesn't do it justice), something nice to look at when I need a break from the monitor. I think I will have to put up a copy of the permit to complete the theme.
posted by SKelly | 3:36 PM
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Congratualtions! See you Sunday.
-Michael P.
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