Full Steam Ahead!

I picked up the building permit for the house yesterday and the city just called to say the garage permit is now ready so I'll pick it up tomorrow!

Things are really going to start moving now!!!!!

Come on city office!!!!

Well, I'm still waiting for the permit. I heard back from the building code reviewer and he's all finished up so I just need to wait for it to get through admin. I was hoping to have the permit last week but no luck. Maybe this week????

The site is all ready for the next stage. I have lined up the surveyors to come out and stake out the house and garage. They should be able to get it done this week. Then I can have the excavating done. After the excavation is done the surveyor will come back and spike the corners so the form guys will know where to build. I need to get an engineering inspection once the footing forms are in place but before the concrete is poured. This is probably the trickiest timing part of the project.

I'll try calling the city today to see where my permit stands but it's almost impossible to get a straight answer from them.

A Little Closer

Been a while since I've updated the blog but here's the status. I submitted my application on May 13 and received a list about a week later with 13 items that needed clarification or changes. I have about half of these items corrected and the engineer is working on the rest. I'm hoping to have the papers from him this week so I can get the changes back to the city.

This whole process is very trying for me as I really hate authority telling me what I can or cannot do. I really think there are way too many rules in this country/world.

We have been working on the lot preparing for the imminent excavating and foundation work. I hired a guy to come in and pull out a bunch of poplar trees. I was quite surprised when I saw the pile by the side of the road. They had to get a logging truck to remove them all.

There are all kinds of neat things out at my place. I've got a patch of Trilliums, there are marsh marigolds across the road from my (yellow flowers below).

This orange fungi is growing on an old stump where my driveway will be. I thought they were pretty neat looking.

I don't know what this is but Mom thought it warranted a photo.

So we've been burning the brush with a "campfire" and have a lot of it burnt. There is a large pile in the back that will be burnt this winter when I can have a "brush fire."

We had a little visitor one day. Mom and dad were out burning on a Friday and this little puppy wandered up to dad. They checked with the neighbors who in turn asked up and down the road and no one knew who she belonged to. Poor dad was all set to adopt her but I found the owners after stopping a farmer driving his tractor down the road. My phone call to the owners sure made a 12 year old girl very happy. She was even happier when mom and I returned "lulu"
to her. I guess dad will have to find his own puppy.

She sure did like dad and followed him everywhere.

Well, that's it for now. I just had a call from my engineer and I'm going to see him this afternoon to sort out the city's request.