Nothing much has changed...our house is still staked out & they should be breaking ground this week. Since it was a beautiful Saturday, J & I stopped by on our way to pack more stuff at his house. We walked around and stood in each room like complete dorks. I have photographic evidence of J doing just this:
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| Keep Out, Wife...this is MY Study! Even if a dozer tracked right through it. |
Oh yeah, it was deceivingly muddy. Good thing that our neighbors had some erosion & sedimentation controls in place that we could use to scrape off the mud. (ahem - I may also be a little bit of a dork for recognizing the e&s controls) We also found a handy "pool" that had both water and piles of excess concrete great for mud removal. Their house looks like it'll be framed this week - exciting for them for sure!
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Go Big Blue!! (A shame they lost)
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We did find out that NVRM isn't just making us resubmit forms 2 & 3 times. This is an epidemic with these people. Our friends who've gone through and are going through the process all say the same thing. And boy is it irritating to have 5 people asking for the same thing. Get it together! Create a folder in your email for each property, use a database to store documents, TALK to your coworkers, etc. It's not that hard to stay organized and one avoids the appearance of being less than competent. Let's just say that I don't have a warm fuzzy about these folks.
That's all I have for now - hopefully I'll get the notice that they broke ground today!
Don't feel bad about recognizing the e&s controls. At least your site has them. I had to write Ryan Homes an email informing them of the detention basin behind our house not having them (skimmer, temporary soil stabilization, rock channel protection). Also, I sent them a picture of a disturbed curb inlet protection in front of my house. Can't help it, it's the engineer in me.
ReplyDeleteHaha, yeah I think they're a little less than enthused when they discover that a homeowner holds an engineering degree, especially a civil degree! Probably because we tend to notice these things and ask questions. LOTS of questions.
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