Step 1 - Survey and permits!

It's been VERRRRY quiet on the house building front!  It's been just over two weeks since our final design sign off.  The first part of building a house is a waiting game and so waiting is what we've been up to! 

Our final close on our previous house happened last week and we wrote a healthy option check to the builder.  One of the nice things the builder allows is that 18% of the home price can be built into the base loan price for options without anything out of pocket.  You only have to pay once you go over that.  Since we chose to build a loft as an addition, we had to go over.  

The build process is listed as a 28 week process.  Actually meeting with the engineer to break ground is classified as week '8' of the process.  

Week 8 - Construction begins; Pre Construction Orientation
Week 13 - Frame Start: Plumbing, Air Conditioning and Rough-In

Week 20 - Pre-DryWall Orientation

Week 21 - Finish out: Sheetrock, Paint, Counter tops, Cabinets, Flooring

Week 24 - Lock in interest rates

Week 27 - Final Inspections and appraisals 

Week 28 - Closing

Our house was sent to Engineering and to the city for permits.  Permits are not back yet, BUT we did receive our initial survey today!

This isn't exactly what we were hoping for.  We wanted to be a bit further forward on the lot with more of a back yard.  We are wanting to flip it all the way to the left if possible. They are taking it back to engineering now to see if they can accommodate.

Interesting pieces to note.  My driveway slope % is only 1.8%!  Very flat lot :)  Lot itself is 13,151 SQFT so decent size.  Without any changes to the design, my driveway would be over 1000 sqft!  I'd have plenty of room to park, that's for sure!  Still would have a huge corner side yard but hoping to maximize that!

For all who were concerned about the creek, you can see the notation of the floodzone line on the plot plan.  No part of my lot is in the flood plain :)   

I've been told if a change can be made it's much quicker because we don't have to wait in line so hopefully we'll have an updated survey to post soon!