The last installment of the building process revolved around the permitting process.  After spending all afternoon Monday in Canton at the Cherokee County Building Department I finally have all three permits done.  Praise the Lord and pass the potato salad!

 

To the right, I introduce you to Mr. Erosion Control Permit.  That allows me to knock over trees and move dirt.  Really cool stuff, being done by a fella named Brandon who drives a big “loader”.

 

 

 

To the right, I introduce you to Mr. Building Permit.  This allows me to build a house.  Also really cool stuff that really couldn’t be pulled off without a monumental amount of assistance from my friend Pat Dirrim.

 

Now on to some photos…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a before photo…. facing the front of the future house.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 A similar view -  little bit to the right of the above photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s some stumps, brush, and other mess.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The tree in the middle (it’s not in the foreground) is a nice, big oak tree – that we hope to keep in the front yard.  It’s kind of hard to see.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a view looking up the hill at Tim and Laury’s home.  You can see the brush and stumps piled up on the left side of the gravel drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally…. all of this is brought to you by Brandon Waters Grading.  That’s his “loader”.  Cool huh?

 

I’ll snap some more pictures for you tomorrow.

 

Don’t be strangers.

So, after a great deal of effort (at least it seemed like it to me), I had in my hand about 11 a.m. on Friday, my Septic Permit.  Don’t get me started on the two revisions to the site plan, the trip to Snellville, then to Canton, and then back to Canton the next day.  Sigh.

 

It is done.

 

So, before I left Canton Friday a.m., I filled out the application for the Erosion Control permit.  All I needed to have completed was my Double-Row Type C DOT Silt Fence along the creek, my septic permit, and my permit box.  I got all of those – and the inspection is Monday a.m.  I hope it goes smoothly.

 

If it does, then I will drive back to Canton and apply for my building permit.  I went over all my paper work with the building department on Friday.  There should be no hitches, they say.

 

Famous last words, right?