When I left the house this morning there was a backhoe on our front lawn. Always a fun way to start the day. We’ve been under siege ever since returning in mid May. Our neighborhood is currently undergoing major street renovations that include replacing gas lines, water mains and sewer lines. That will be followed closely by replacement of the asphalt and curbs. Invasive is an understatement.
They are doing the streets in two phases. Technically, our street doesn’t start until phase two, but they are using it as a staging area for equipment and supplies because we have a park across the street. So in addition to having huge holes dug in our lawn, we get to dodge heavy equipment every time we want to leave the house. It really makes me not want to leave the house. Actually, it makes me really wish we were in our new house already.
Now my goal is to get out before they hit us with the assessment for all of this work, which is currently estimated to be about $12,000. The final number won’t come out until Fall of 2017, at which point we hope to be long gone. We are planning to put our new house on the Artisan Home Tour, in June 2017. Right now that feels like a ridiculously ambitious goal, but I’m clinging to it.