After nearly 2 months of trying to re-plan this garage, we've finally started construction. After a redesign failure at the Historical Committee (we tried to put a single car garage under the house, which they didn't like), we've reverted to the original approved house plans and decided not to build the garage. We are still vetting out options for the garage/yard space, and that will require another trip to HDC, but in the meantime we got HDC approval to go back to the original plan and begin building. Phew!
I suppose on a positive note from this fiasco is that while we were trying to figure out if the garage would fit under the house, it was determined that the soil was not compact enough to support our house. Therefore, we are having to put 80 (yes, EIGHTY) pilings (think telephone poles) in the ground. I better not see a single crack from the house settling over the next 10 years!
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