We have our first official approved permit from the county that allows us to get started on the land prep. The permitting process itself was fairly painless. Glenn just had to do one round of revisions after the first submittal. The part that was painful was writing all of the checks to get the actual…
Category: Land Development
Grading plan submitted for permit
Glenn wants to submit our grading plan to the county for review. He said the fire department will need to review the plans and sign off on them too. Generally, this process takes a few weeks and we should move forward even after the bad project pricing news we received because he expects that the…
Garage switcheroo
Deb told us moving the garage to the other end of the house wouldn’t be as disruptive as we originally thought it would be. She actually liked it better and thought it solved some other issues we were struggling with – specifically those related to the breezeway that we no longer needed. We also got…
Site survey with setback pins
Glenn said he would need a survey done before he could get started on the grading plans. Derek recommended that we reach out to Bob Pitsker from Pitsker & Associates. Glenn wanted the survey to indicate the required 50 foot setbacks so we could determine if we’d have to submit a minor variation request with…
Site evaluation with Douglass Engineering
Glenn Douglass from Douglass Engineering came out to our site to do an evaluation and offer his services as a civil engineer. He walked the site and took some angle measurements along our proposed driveway location. After marking off a couple of sight lines, he told us that it would be better to bring the…
Location, Location, Location
We’ve been looking at land for a few years around the Denver metro area. Ideally, we wanted about 5 acres with mountain views and privacy. We’d track new listings in REColorado and check out anything that looked promising. Usually we would end up disappointed when we visited the property to see that it didn’t really…