Another complicated day on the subdivision front.
Its a big juggle getting the infrastructure started to enable building on the rear block.
The town planner neglected to tell the council that we wanted to stay in our house at the top of the property while we build a house on the back lot. Now were stuck with a $600 fee to change the requirement that says all structures have to be demolished prior to construction. We also found that the sewer line has been drawn in on the wrong side of the plan - another $600 change - and other little things like amending the power requirement from underground (15K establishment fee for green box) to drawing power across the road via overhead cable. It makes me wonder what sort of thought goes into the plans sometimes....why didn't anyone bother to check was what available in the area??
Anyway, I contracted the engineering company to project manage things today, and told them to communicate with the townplanner, and vice versa. Nothing seems to get done unless money is being pushed across a table. Although I must admit, I've had some valuable advice from a few people lately who have let me pick their brains, and that's given me a better understanding of how things work.
Organising this is like fitting a big jigsaw together. Let's hope it gets easier as pieces fall into place.
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