crunch time

So this week has been fairly discouraging so far.  I received my first bid for geothermal work and it came in at 41,000 dollars, the solar, about 42k.  I also found out today that the CL+P lease program has ended.  I was really hoping to be a part of that program.  I am pretty sure that I will not be able to afford the solar panels, even with the rebates because I do not have enough "up-front" money.  I absolutely want to go Geo-thermal, its the most efficient, will cost the least to run, and it's the most environmentally friendly.  So that means the solar is going to have to go for now.

The other frustrating piece is the survey maps.  It seems that my house is going to be 16ft. from the designated wetlands area.  The wetlands commision would like at least 25ft and preferably 50.  This could get interesting...

Tommorow I am getting a second bid on the Geothermal bit, and hopefully by the end of the week I get the "to shell" estimate of material costs from sanford and holley.  My goal is to get the loan application in by the end of the week, wetlands application, and possibly even the building app in the same timeframe.

I think I will feel better when we actually break ground. 


Thanks for reading.