It’s been several months since the last update, and while it feels as if we’ve been in a holding pattern this whole time, a lot has happened behind the scenes. We finalized the house design with the architect and builder, we finished clearing the thicket around the ‘cement pond’, and we secured the construction loan that will fund this little project.

Now we’re waiting for building permits. The city has asked for additional information – a wind bracing study and something along the lines of a heat gain/heat loss environmental energy study. I can’t help but think of the story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf.

(wind bracing study?)