Wednesday, August 30, 2006

We can't do what??

The on-going saga with our sun room continues.

I was notified yesterday that our building permit was ready to be picked up. I'm thinking, "Great! About time for some good news!"

When I get there, I pay the fee, start to walk away when I see some red writing on the permit. It states that if I have an "egress" from the master bedroom to the patio (which I do) then we can't screen in the patio.

Say what?? It says all over the permit that these are the plans for a "Screened Patio". And it has the Approved stamp on it. Yet, they throw in a disclaimer that states, sorry Charlie, but no screened patio for you.

Well, I talked to Giliane about it and we both came to a decision. To HELL with them. We're gonna have it built and then screened. Then, when we go to sell the house eventually, we'll mention that the permit is for a non-screened patio, and if we have to, we'll remove the screens.

So as I write this, our ugly-ass eyesore of a room is getting torn down. Finally!!! They say they'll be done by the weekend. By Saturday at the very least. Then the roofer will be here a week from Thursday to put a new roof on. Pretty damn slick, huh???

UPDATE:

I can't tell you enough how weird it is to see the back of the house with the old AZ room gone.
Here's a pic of what our patio looks like right now. No AZ room. Just an open patio. Looks weird, doesn't it??





Ain't it beautiful?? :) Even in a pile of rubble it looks better than it did!!

1 Comments:

Blogger Jeff & Gilly said...

Follow-up:

They told me yesterday that even though we have an approved building permit, it wouldn't pass final inspection due to the foundation not being thick enough to support the weight of the new room.

You have GOT to be kidding me. Know what this means? Even more $$$ and a little more time. 'Cause now they have to pour more concrete at the point where the columns will be. And, we'll have to wait for the concrete to set.

I can't wait for this freakin' project to be over.

August 31, 2006 9:07 AM  

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