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We are moving along!  A couple of weeks ago we received the initial survey from the company that we used.  They had been exceptional up to now, so I was not surprised to receive the survey so promptly.  Upon opening the plat and reviewing the info given I discovered that we would need to change a few things.  I called the company and got to speak with the person that created the plat.  He assured me that he could easily instate the changes.  He waited the day for me to continue reviewing the info on the plat against what the city requires, and we made sure that everything was included and as straightforward as possible.  He then made the changes, printed six more copies of the plat and sent them overnight to my door.  I received them on Monday, looked over the revisions, and I got everything to the city by Tuesday!  The process was painless for me, (and hopefully my questions were not too painful for anyone else!), and everyone was extremely helpful.   

Now I am looking forward to meeting . . .Hmmm. . . I don’t know what to call this person.  He’s not a General Contractor (GC), and he’s not a builder, and he’s not a sub-contractor (Sub).  We’ll just call him a source for now.  He is going to help us get a better feel for the cost of our project, and we are hoping he will also help us learn how to value-engineer as effectively as possible.  I’ll keep you posted!!

 Okay.  Now that my client has moved to the area from out of state, I’m sure that we’ll be picking up the pace.  We still have to wait on the surveyors to get the survey back to us, and for us to get it pushed through the city.  In the meantime, I’ve walked the property with my client a couple of times.  After the first walk, we decided that the footprint of the current plan needed to be smaller.  L.L. had a plan in mind that needed some tweaking.  We redrew the plan making the changes that we wanted so that we could show them to the architect that we were meeting on Tuesday.  Unfortunately, that meeting didn’t instill LL with the confidence that she was looking for.  So . . . we may be looking for another architect down the road.  For now, we’ll be allowing this one to work on some preliminary plans for us.