5 days and counting

Our new boiler/water heater is being installed today.  Thanks John!  We have been without heat or hot water since Thursday. Each evening we have been traipsing over to my parent's house to sleep. 

Anyways...

This weekend we went to the HBA homeshow in Hartford, and it was great.  Got a lot of good ideas, met some very cool people, and saw a "green" house.  It was built in three days, in the middle of the showroom floor.  All the elements that we want, geothermal, solar panels, closed cell insulation, were all on display.  Very exciting.

I have submitted all of our cost estimates to the bank, and Gary is going to be going forward in processing the loan.  We can't close until a building permit, of which we are still working towards getting.  We have the wetlands report, (which quite frankly were very disappointing.  The wetlands expert puts the boundry of the wetlands very close to the house.) the blueprints, as well as all of the forms.  We are waiting on the elevation sheets, and something called a rescheck.  At that time we will submit everything for the building permit.  The town says about two weeks from receiving the application to approval.  Whew- Things are getting close.

Thanks for reading.