Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Plans approved
Posted by brandie
We resubmitted our plans and received approval from the county. We cannot afford to have the schedule slip so we are now in pursuit of a contractor who is capable of supervising excavation and layout of the foundation, setting logs and getting the super-structure erected. We have a few candidates and hope to select one by the end of this week. If all goes well, we would like to break ground by the end of next week. Time is money after all.
County Planning Approval
9/5/2007 11:29:35 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00) 
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Friday, August 31, 2007
Approval not so easy
Posted by brandie
We thought final approval was going to be easy after getting preliminary approval so quickly. We were wrong. Our plans had the house built on the same setback as the rest of the homes on the street. When the county planners reviewed our plans for construction they identified that the plans did not meet the setback requirements. Our rebuttal was that all the other houses on the street had the same or similar setback. The county admitted that we were correct but if we wanted to build with this plan we would have to file for a variance and that would take about 3 months. Based on their preliminary approval we have already secured construction funds with a secure timeline and corresponding penalties for delays. A variance isn't going to work. We are now reworking our plans and pushing the house farther down the slope, which is going to mean more engineering, more design changes, and more money. We are regrouping and will resubmit our new plans to the county next week.
County Planning Approval
8/31/2007 10:30:19 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
County Planners Approval
Posted by loglearn
It has been a busy week. We received preliminary approval on our plans from the county planners late last week. That approval allowed us to secure our construction financing this morning. Things are moving along quickly, just as we need them to be. We should have final county planning approval by the end of the week. Once we have that approval, we can break ground on the first house.
County Planning Approval
8/28/2007 12:12:01 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Second Property Purchased
Posted by loglearn
We closed on the second property yesterday. We now have nice pieces of property for each of our log cabins. Our next step is to submit our plans to the county planners for approval. We are going to start with the larger of the two homes. We should hear back on preliminary approval by the end of the week.
County Planning Approval
8/22/2007 10:29:03 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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