Well the construction isn’t moving as fast as we had hoped, there seems to be fits and starts with 2 or 3 weeks during which nothing happens until we get on their case. We also had a delay at one point because when we showed up at the house we realized that they were putting up the wrong siding. Fortunately, they had just started, but they needed to order the correct siding and it took time to get it. We also found out a while back that we will not be able to get an occupancy permit unless we provide parking (in a fairly strictly defined way) for five cars since we have five bedrooms. In addition we need a “repair” area for our septic system. That means we have to set aside a secondary section of the property with no improvements the same size as the actual septic field. This means the whole front of the property is taken up and means we have to rethink the pool further back at the side of the house. We had just put in a new septic tank and new field, but in order to fit the new pool location we have to move the septic tank to a different location. We talked to a pool contractor and now have the pool arranged and on order and have also contracted to have the septic tank moved a second time.
Because of all the problems and all the delays we also have to move the 2012 season further back so can not start renting the house until probably July.