Status Report

Things are moving forward. I'm not sure how fast they are moving, but they are moving. We got our downstairs plans. Our contractor is looking at them for our revised estimate for our construction loan. Our Earth Change permit application has been filed. Paul and I have tickets to go to Florida in November to look for supplies.

Got Our Plans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was starting to believe this day wouldn't come, but it has. We got our plans. Our draftsman is submitting our Earth Change permit application tomorrow. We will also be meeting with our contractor tomorrow. Finally, some progress.

Angry, Frustrated and Embarrassed- Still Waiting for Plans

I should have written this post sooner, but I have been avoiding it.  I got a copy of my final plans for the entire house, but I haven't gotten the plans for just the downstairs.  I was supposed to get them on Friday, then on Monday, then today.  I left the draftsman a voicemail and text message today, and nothing.  No response at all.   At this point I want to yell and scream at someone.   We have an appointment with our contractor on Friday and I need my plans.

So, you are probably wondering why we are using this draftsman.   Well, I went against my better judgment of not working with people you know and hired a friend's husband.  He had good recommendations and is doing the work for a great price.   I wish I would have paid more for someone who understands deadlines.   This might not be important to him, but its important to us and if he doesn't understand that, he shouldn't have taken the job.  He initially said we would have our plans two weeks after Carnival.   Carnival is in late April/early May.   I've asked him twice if he would be able to meet a certain deadline and told him that if he couldn't we would pay him for his time and move on, but he kept saying he would meet the deadline.   I have tried to be very calm about the whole thing because of my friendship with his wife, but I can't take it anymore.

I don't plan on using anymore friends or husbands of friends anymore.   If I'm not gonna feel comfortable getting real and just saying the hell with you, forget it; we can go to dinner, but I am not hiring you for anything slightly important.

Guess What!

We got our house plans. Well, sort of. Our draftsman gave us a copy of the plans for the entire house. He also showed us the permit applications he completed for us and that he is planning on filing on Friday. The only problem is that we want to start by building the downstairs only, so the submitted plans and permits should reflect that. He said he would make the changes and submit the application by Friday. I can't wait.

He is completing the Earth Change and Building permit applications, but only submitting the Earth Change permit. Apparently you can't submit them both at the same time. Also, he said we don't need a Driveway permit because our land is off of an estate road (private) and not a public road.

Happy Birthday!

How could I forget?...Happy 10th Birthday Blogger!

Are You Suprised?

Our Monday meeting to pick up our final plans got moved to Tuesday and on Tuesday, it got pushed to today.

D(raft)-day

Yesterday was suppose to be D(raft) day, but yesterday the draftsman changed it to today so that he could get the plans printed. Paul and I have an appointment with him today at 7pm. I really hope that this is the longest process in our whole home building process.

The draftsman said that he is going to give us complete permit applications, not actual permits. So, if we get the plans today, tomorrow we will be filing the permit applications. I've been told it takes at least 20 working days to process the applications. So, we are talking about getting started in a month at best. Aaaaahhhhhh!!