Bureaucracies are wonderful

Our permits are ready to go. But, in Monterey, the Water Department has unimaginable power. We just found out that the MPWMD want:

• An inspection of the existing water usage in the house
• note: the inspector doesn't have an opening for 2 weeks!!!!
• An addendum to our deed restricting the property to low-flow appliances
• this has to be approved by their lawyer
• their lawyer only works 1 FRIGGIN DAY A WEEK!!!!
• after legal review, the changes have to be recorded with the county

This mess of red-tape is now standing in the way of our project getting started.

Living Room Rendering

A nice rendering of our living room:


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I shall now count chickens

I almost hate to post this - I've been burned too many times in the past year. But, quoting Steve Krebs, "your permit is ready for you to pick up."

The home stretch

I just called the Building Department. Our application has been approved by the Fire Department and just needs to be signed off by the Building Department. The person on the phone said we should have final permits by the end of this week. I'll believe it when I see it ;)

Just as well - we're still not finished emptying the house. But, we are close.

All aboard! The train is leaving!

I got word from Steve Krebs today that the city returned their change list and it's minor. Steve will have it turned around immediately and thinks we should have permits by the end of the week!

Wow! Oh my God! It can't be true!

Now, we just have to finish packing up the house - ugh.

Even cooler interior renderings!

Steve Krebs fully rendered this interior for both day and night. Wow!


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Updated 8/21 with better renderings

Very cool interior renderings

Here are some nice interior renderings from Krebs Design:



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