Pre-Dig Tasks and Building Permit

Pre-Dig Tasks and Building Permit

Well I guess one of the silver linings to delaying the dig date was that we had some extra time to complete the tasks that needed completed before our dig date.

Utilities

We went ahead and called the gas company as well as the electric company and setup all of the accounts that we needed. In order to get our temporary power installed we informed the electric company that we were working with an electrical contractor and he would be the one contacting them to setup the dates and times for the temporary power poll. Apparently the electric company did not listen very well as I got a call a couple days later from the electrical company asking me where to install the permanent power line *face palm* the guy was really nice and understanding and told me he would get it taken care of and add the electrical contractor to the account. A couple of days later the electrical contractor came out installed the temporary pole, once that was setup the electric company came out the following day and hooked up temporary power.

Construction Drive

Curt had provided us with an estimate for the construction drive, I think the quote was something around $600 and we called around for a couple of other quotes and actually the Wayne Homes contractor had the lowest price by around $200. We were initially planning on just using their contractor but on Friday before our dig date a family friend was asking how things were going and we eventually got on the topic of the construction drive, long story short he said that he would go ahead and dig out the drive and spread the driveway for free. So the next day him and I headed out to the lot and finished the drive in about an hour and it only costed me $130 for stone and two 30 packs of Busch Light (Putnam County Currency). Lesson Learned - the surveyor sets 3 marks 1 inside of the other 2, the mark on the inside is the edge of the house. I accidentally marked the garage using the wrong stakes so now i have to go back later and extend the driveway about 20ft. oh well our driveway is going to be small so the extra space shouldn't be an issue.

Variance Meeting

Finally the time we've been waiting for. We went up to the town hall and met with the zoning committee. We didn't know what to expect walking in as we hadn't known anyone who had been through this process, but it was really quick and painless. Basically we sat at a table with the 8 members of the zoning committee we explained why we needed a variance due to the fact we did not know that lot was zoned different from the town regulations and our house would not fit on the lot otherwise. They sat and discussed for a while but since no neighbors had shown up to the meeting to dispute the variance we were granted the variance and were given the building permit right on the spot. PHEW - Ready to Rock and Roll!!! I immediately called Keri to tell her the good news and let her know we could go ahead with our dig tomorrow!