Our building permit! Fantastic!
Today I received a call that our building permit is ready to be picked up. Finally!
The phone message also stated we owed $3600! Yikes. After having a minor heart attack I called City Hall to clarify the price tag assigned to our permit since I had calculated our cost to be around $800-$1000. Thankfully, I learned (quickly before getting worked up) that the extra costs were some prepaid utilities and a damage deposit of $2500 that is refundable. Thank God!
Here is our permit (look left)…complete in a City of Coquitlam baggie. It looks pretty boring to be honest, just a bunch of white paper in a plastic bag but to us it is the best thing ever!
Now that the panic attack is over…let’s review the time frame for getting this permit.
| Date | Action (or lack there of) |
|---|---|
| September…November | Drawing up Plans – back and forth with the Engineer to tweak our design |
| November 12 | Drop off permit at City Hall |
| December 5 | Get phone call to address a few alterations the plans examiner wants to see on the plan |
| December 8 | Go to City Hall to make changes to plans – resubmit for second review. Also, get told that the ETA for permit is unclear as it is Christmas. Uh…its December 8th (not Christmas!) but I will soon learn they weren’t kidding. Sigh! |
| December 31 | Still nothing (Jeopardy theme playing in the background) |
| January 3 | Still nothing (insert crickets sounds and an empty country road scene here) |
| January 5th | January 5th – phone call…permit is ready! Yay! |
| November 12 | Drop off permit at City Hall |
So, it is game on now. Time to set our beam installation date, order our heating stuff, windows, and get that chimney down.
