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PERMITS Let me try and simplify this for you. Under most situations you 1st. 1. Agree on a building plan and take the plans to a Professional Survey company and have them lay the design of your house out on a plot plan. (Look at plot plan section) Once you have done this you then fill out the permit application from the municipality where you are building. 2. If you have a well 1st area you will need to get your well permit 1st, and assuming you get your well permit you will need to get your soil erosion permit along with your septic field permit. 3. Your septic field permit can be a real difficult task. In Michigan we have some areas which are very hard to get a septic field permit. In one township we spent several thousand dollars digging holes looking for sand on 3 separate pieces of land (40 acre parcels) with no luck. We actually went down 22 feet and could only find hard clay. Now I won't even go back to that area as it is now known for having severe problems on perks. 4. On an average the cost of most permits with everything included will generally cost from $7,000 to $9,000. This is with city water & city sewer. If you have well and septic the cost of the permits are considerably less except the normal cost of a well drilled at 150 feet or so ranges from $3,500 to $5,000. A septic field normally runs us $6,500 to $7,500 if we do not run across any problems. As you can see there are many things to consider. 5. Sometimes we have to install an engineered septic field and that can run considerable sums of money. It is somewhat normal for an engineered field to run as high as $15,000 to $25,000. Try to keep in mind when you purchase land that all land will NOT pass a perk test. If you are in Michigan and want to call me on this septic process, give me a call at 1 800 209-9992. 6. In this particular market most of our surrounding municipalities are taking anywhere from 15 days to 30 days to approve an application for building a new house. 7. Once the plans get approved you pay the remainder of your permit fees and you can begin building your home. NOTE: Your lot and basement need to be staked out so everyone knows where the house is going. This may sound funny to you but there have been homes built where they were not suppose to be built, and that is a very unpleasant situation. We try and not stake a house out too early as kids can sometimes move the stakes and or they get run over by someone in a truck, car or bulldozer. By the way, you will want to keep in mind that after your home is completed the city will often require a Final Grade Certificate from your survey company. |
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