I finished wrapping Christmas presents today. Let the hating commence. I’m trying to keep ahead of any known tasks in anticipation of any unknown tasks cropping up. I’m hoping/assuming we’ll need to make some house related decisions in the next few weeks.
Oh please, oh please. I’d like to be focusing on picking major ticket items, like flooring, windows and exterior finishes, while we are here in Minnesota and relatively available. But something tells me that’s not how it’s going to go. Yes, I’m a little cynical at this point.
Our architect is currently making a few tweaks to the plan and then will proceed to the exterior concept. After we see and approve that, we’ll move on to construction level plans. Based on how long that took last time and factoring in the impending holidays, I’m guessing we’ll be ready to request a permit sometime in mid January.
That means we might be in a position to start making major decisions after we come back to Minnesota in late January. The permit process typically takes 4-6 weeks, assuming no major snags, so it will likely be March before we get the thumbs up from the city.
Right now I’m hoping we can break ground in May and be done by the fall of 2017. I’m not sure if that makes me a pessimist or an optimist. Maybe a little bit of both. Today’s random photos are courtesy of our November 2014 trip to Sedona.