It's been a good couple of days on the always exciting paperwork front. Yesterday, Tim delivered our "pink sheet" from his preliminary tests for our septic system and then later in the day, Celeste from BC Home Protection emailed with our Owner Builder Authorization. Yay! These were the two items holding up our application for a building permit.
I ran down the street to Universal Reproductions and had them print 2 sets of the latest plans from Jim at Linwood Homes. These new drawings included the trapezoidal window in the ensuite that was missing from the earlier plans.
So, this morning with plans, completed building permit applications, septic "pink sheet" and Owner-Builder Authorization all in hand, I went down to the TNRD offices and applied for our building permit. I was in and out in less than 5 minutes! Leanne was great. She explained everything and printed us a copy of the charges we could expect to pay once the application was approved and was optimistic that we would have the permit within 3 weeks - Double Yay! Two hundred dollars lighter, I returned triumphantly to the office dreaming of sitting on our deck, admiring the spectacular view and sipping on a nice Merlot. It's nice to savour a small victory every now and then. It keeps us motivated!
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ReplyDeleteGreat to hear that plans are coming together.
Thanks, Owen.
ReplyDeleteWe were a little concerned about getting all the supporting documents in a timely manner, but it all worked out fine. Of course, it cost us $1,775 to get the 2 pieces of paper (septic "pink sheet" & Owner-Builder Authorization)! Sadly, I think that it is a bit of a racket to grab our $$$. We understand the requirement to ensure you have people building legitimate, well-designed, and safe homes in areas that are conducive to good septic practices, but the process we went through in no way guarantees that we will do either. The one group just took our money and the other guy spent all of 20 minutes on our property for his $1,350! Kind of an abuse of the requirements in our opinion.