Sunday, March 16, 2014
Weekend activity
Yesterday (Saturday) we spent the morning at the property laying out the location of the house, so when we meet with Nick we won't be guessing. We did lay out the outline with some stakes, but forgot to take photos. There are stakes with orange paint at the corners of the house. You'll have to trust me.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Progress, but nothing to see... yet.
We haven't broken ground yet.
Had a great meeting with Nick yesterday, and he's waiting for approval of the building permit. He submitted it a week or two ago, but submitting and getting approval doesn't happen simultaneously. Hopefully though, Corpus is not as slow as Austin. He expects the permit to be approved this week and then to be breaking ground within the next 2 weeks.
We needed to give him a list of the windows we wanted to open as he will be ordering the windows next week.
None of the windows on the first floor will open. That gives us a more secure structure. Talking with the contractor who provides the security systems he said the impact resistant windows we're putting in can't be broken by a hammer. "You need a fork lift" was his quote.
Our next major act will be go to the lot with Nick and place the house on the lot. Yes, we have it on the plan, but he wants us to be sure that's right. Then he'll scrape the location and then the foundation will go in.
He is very much about visualizing things -- seeing them in 3 dimensions rather than basing everything on the 2D plans. We like this, after having the experience when working at the NETWORK and designing the new building -- every decision was made looking at the blueprints. (You know the technology has changed and they aren't blue any more.)
Had a great meeting with Nick yesterday, and he's waiting for approval of the building permit. He submitted it a week or two ago, but submitting and getting approval doesn't happen simultaneously. Hopefully though, Corpus is not as slow as Austin. He expects the permit to be approved this week and then to be breaking ground within the next 2 weeks.
We needed to give him a list of the windows we wanted to open as he will be ordering the windows next week.
None of the windows on the first floor will open. That gives us a more secure structure. Talking with the contractor who provides the security systems he said the impact resistant windows we're putting in can't be broken by a hammer. "You need a fork lift" was his quote.
Our next major act will be go to the lot with Nick and place the house on the lot. Yes, we have it on the plan, but he wants us to be sure that's right. Then he'll scrape the location and then the foundation will go in.
He is very much about visualizing things -- seeing them in 3 dimensions rather than basing everything on the 2D plans. We like this, after having the experience when working at the NETWORK and designing the new building -- every decision was made looking at the blueprints. (You know the technology has changed and they aren't blue any more.)
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Construction Loan Papers SIGNED!
Monday morning at 8 am we were in Port A at the Title Company Office to sign the papers for the construction loan. Now we will be able to report on the actual construction!
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Exciting news!
I don't think I can tell you yet.
Tomorrow, we'll have big news.
Check back later this week.
Tomorrow, we'll have big news.
Check back later this week.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Another step forward.... Appraisal Complete...
This was the thing we had to wait on. Got a call from the bank this afternoon. We are now at the start of the process of getting all the disclosures etc for the construction loan. Movement!
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