It’s Week 16 and we’re not Across the Threshold Well, it looks like this process may just kill me. We’re still waiting for final approval from the city and water department. We make their request for changes and they come back with more requests for changes. I appreciate their thorough approach to development, but it [...]
Not a lot of Action, but a Whole Lot of Hay We’re deep into hurry up and wait … again. The lots are ready to go, but now we need the Sammamish water department to sign off on drawings and thankfully, this is almost done. Then the city needs to approve the final plat (a [...]
There Will Be No Explosions on the Jobsite …. It’s week eight and the site is finally leveled and we’ve got a fire hydrant! I’m not going to lie, it’s been a learning process every step of the way. Save the driveway – nah. Miss tearing the cable off the roof of the house – [...]
Local builders are building homes again and focusing on cities north and east of the I-90 corridor where they feel they can sell the most homes. The city of Sammamish in particular is attracting a lot of new construction. It’s popular with families due to quality schools and comfortable neighborhoods. In my recent interview on [...]
We dug up the big rock and it’s huge; but now we can’t move it… Anyone want a really big rock! Seriously, we finally dug up the iceberg rock and installed the sewer lines. Progress right? Well, the latest on the iceberg rock is we can’t move it … the excavator put it in [...]
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It’s Week 16 and we’re not Across the Threshold Well, it looks like this process may just kill me. We’re still waiting for final approval from the city and water department. We make their request for changes and they come back with more requests for changes. I appreciate their thorough approach to development, but it [...]
As promised, the first installment in my new series: Mr. Brandt Builds a House. Well, here it is: I bought a lot, subdivided it and now I’m building a house (or two or three and eventually a fourth). After building homes in Snoqualmie Pass and Ocean Shores, I’m bringing it home and building in Sammamish. I’m documenting [...]
