Week 21

It's 2008 already - and 21 weeks into it!

Things are crawling now. Having problems with neighboring property owners - 3 of 4! The worst case is my southern neighbor who is a very unreasonable person. I crossed his property line while cutting brush. I apologize and offered $500 compensation - this for a bunch of brush that will grow back in one season. But he wants $4000, or he'll sue. I told him to go ahead. My attorney says he doesn't have much compensable damages. Beware - many unreasonable people out there, and lots of them waiting for you to make a mistake so they can profit from it. My guess is they are used to my property being their private playground (dirt biking) and greenbelt - now someone's moving in that's going to end all that. This doesn't deter me - it emboldens me!

I'm meeting a county investigator at the property tomorrow to see what the southern neighbor above filed a complaint about. He complained that I didn't have a permit to be cutting brush during the wet season with hand tools. I knew I was in the right from reading the regs (hand tools are always OK and don't require permits) and she's already confirmed it in email, but needs to visit the site and take photos for her files. If this kind of crap keeps up I'll be looking into some sort of harrassment lawsuit against that neighbor - this has cost me a lot of time and aggravation.

I've received one quote back for the two septic quotes I requested - it's $12,800 which is $10K less than that estimated by the UBuildIt guys. Hopefully the excavation costs will be much less than the $92K they've estimated.

The architect will have the first round of exterior elevations and a 3D model finished later this week. That should be interesting!