Julie was able to get through to the proper person in the city’s Planning & Zoning department to find out the status of our permit and especially as to why it hasn’t been approved. Seems that our GC forgot to show the zoning folks that the house will be converted from a duplex to a single family residence. Who knows but they stated that they told him this on January 11th and have yet to receive the proper documentation. Frustrating but probably just overlooked, part of the process we’re told. Fortunately we know the reason and it’s all getting cleared up and we should have the permits pulled very, very soon.
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Waiting on the City
Our GC sent us an email today to let us know that the Planning & Zoning Department was still going over the plans and that he received a call today from the Site Development Department to clarify one part. He says that we’re close to the plans being approved and we can’t wait. We were informed that it would take 4-6 weeks for approval and we’re only at week 3 (submitted on 12/28/2011) so we’ll just continue to try to have patience while we wait on the city. Plenty to do in the meantime however we can’t wait for hammers to start swinging.
Closed and Ready
Well we closed on our house/project today. Our excitement is beyond explainable however that is at times dampened when we look at the current state of the house and all that will need to be done. Big Picture, it’s not a sprint, focus on the finish line – I have to keep reminding myself of these thoughts. There is also comfort in knowing that we’ve got a great and very reputable General Contractor (GC), great plans, house with good bones, almost 1/2 an acre which will have a flat backyard for the boys and it’s in the neighborhood where we have been concentrating our search efforts for the last several years – Morningside, Atlanta, GA. Our GC says that it will take 5 months from submitting permits until completion which will put us in the house in May however I bet him a 12 pack that it will be June – something has to come up, nothing is ever that easy. May or June, whichever it is, we’ve got a lot to do and a ton of decisions to make. Big Picture – it will and should be, our ideal house and Julie’s “forever home”. Here we Go!
Morningside Renovation 