Things are cranking along building the mountain house. I started by drawing out some plans on paper, then everything changes of course. Jan 5 we submitted the permitting paperwork to get the perc test done, and it still hasn't happened so everything has been in a holding pattern for almost 5 months. I haven't been able to get an engineer on the line yet to work through the plans, but I'm hesitant to pay for that anyway before I know the lot will perc. (if the lot doesn't perc [wastewater percolating through the soil] then we can't install a septic tank, and therefore can't build the house)
We had to stake & line where we wanted to put stuff on the lot before the perc test, and when we staked out this house it turns out we were like 5 feet over the property line. So when these drawings actually went into autocad we had to start by flipping everything 180* around and changing the roof line. But this is still a starting point!
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| Main floor plan |
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| Elevations |
It's 40' x 40' footprint, one story, with a huge deck & front porch. Most of it will get 10' ceilings. going to be a blast! Here we are staking out the wrong place for everything
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| Well & Septic have to be at least 100' apart |
