Sounds tastier than it is… I went from an engineered septic to now an engineered foundation. I’m so fancy... Here’s what I learned this week… There are lots of engineers. Structural, Civil and geotechnical. Somehow I need all of their services… I mean… Somehow I need to PAY for all their services. When you [...]
Well, the driveway is in! Hooray! And the pad for the house is in too! Unfortunately… I’m not allowed to put my home on the rock pad that was put down on Thursday. My Contractor began the work on it because my neighbor was able to do it and the home is coming in about [...]
just kidding We took a picnic on the land and staked off the driveway so that it could be put down on Thursday. In order to place a manufactured home, you need a driveway… duh. Apparently, you also need a permit to attach to County roads. Of course, another permit. This one comes from the [...]
Stick a fork in 2018, it's done! The purpose of this blog is to help anyone in Contra Costa County, or similar counties in California, know what it takes to put the simplest home on a large plot of undeveloped land. Reflecting on 2018, here is a short list of what happened and in what [...]
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail In order to get a building permit in Contra Costa County it needs to go through planning first. I thought it would be a simple box to check. I assumed incorrectly. I should have realized it when before the county would take my $500 they wanted [...]
This week I met with PG&E and the other land owners on the end of Learning Lane. Each one of us owns 5 acres and purchased it about the same time. We are all subject to the same county rules and everything else. It is nice, because we can often save some expense by going [...]
