So that is very, very depressing.

[pyoor_excuse]

So today we got an answer, of sorts, from the county.

They can’t give us a timeline. They disagree with our wetland biologist’s assessment of the water that was on our site on the day that we visited.

And clearly any complaints we send are passed directly to the person we’re complaining about, because when we ask questions in our complaints, the answers come from the person we’re complaining about. So that feels highly professional.

As it stands we have 2, maybe 3 weeks before we won’t be able to build this year, with no sign of a permit, and in fact an increasing feeling that we’ve bought a lemon, and lost about $80,000 on land that’s not worth shit. And that makes me feel like I’ve let my dad down, because the majority of that money came from inheritance when my dad died. And I feel like I’ve squandered it.

Tonight also brought the bonus realisation that if we can’t build this year, we may not be able to do it at all. At least, not in the foreseeable future.

Which is all fucking depressing.

So really, fuck them.

So that was my day.

Originally published at Mostly lemon based. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[afro76.livejournal.com]

Really sorry to hear this. Is there any way to appeal? Or get another wetland assessment?

[pyoor_excuse]

There are things we can do, it's the timing that's an issue. The wetland has been marked and isn't a problem as we're well outside its buffer zone...it being tiny. The problem is that the woman at the county doing our plan appears absolutely convinced that the fact it was very wet after we had 1 month's precipitation in 9 days means that it's "prone to flooding".

Given the entire county was under flood warnings and the bit of our land we want to build on is several feet higher than the highest bit with standing water, we don't get the concern, and she seems unable to explain it to us.

There's also several other issues, but that seems to be the main one - and while we could, theoretically, resolve them all given time, we're nearly out of time.

The house making company have - thankfully - told us that we can order right up until the 1st of May, and still expect to get the house in time... which gives us a smidge more manoeuvring room,

[alex-holden.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry it's not going smoothly for you (massive understatement).

[pyoor_excuse]

Yeah, me too... Thanks for the sympathy...