thanks grey wolf! I was primarily trying to make sure I have all my bases covered. I've talked to department of transportation, department of ecology, chelan county, and fish and wildlife. The approach road TO the river is already built, but it terminates there. The agent said someone built some po-dunk thing and had to tear it down but since the approach road was permitted, it was left behind (I did check, and it was actually permitted) the span we are looking at is about 45-50 feet. need to have a surveyor go out there and measure it exactly. The army corps of engineers???? that one never would have crossed my mind in the least...
I have no intention of building anything without the proper permits in place. it's not the government I have an issue with. not that part of the government anyway.... (off topic there)
I'm aware that it will take a while to build, be liveable etc. I'm not looking to move out there a month after closing, although that would be nice, that's just not feasable. not only due to the permits, and river issues, but because I'm also getting a restaurant of my own off the ground, so I can't devote my time 100% to any one project at once. It will be fantastic once we are up and running, to have a source of income that won't bind me to a 9-5 m-f (I know, it will take YEARS to get my own restaurant to the point that I don't have to be there constantly)
we are writing it into the offer that if we find anything wrong during the feasability study, or any issues with permits, water rights etc. then we walk away, no repercussions.
I was hoping you might have someone you would recommend working with. I much prefer referrals over the yellow pages or google.
I grew up on a farm, my husband did not, and there's a self sustaining farm in washington somewhere that is open to culinary professionals to spend a week there, learning how to be more self sustaining, and less wasteful. I'm going to take my husband and our oldest child so that I'm not the only one that knows how to milk a cow or kill a chicken. And I'm not the only one that knows the value of composting.
I KNOW a bridge is expensive, and difficult. But since I have never built one before I want to make sure I have all my bases covered and the right person/people doing the job.
--also, someone mentioned proximity to work at $12 an hour. that's a job for now, not where we are going to be forever... I do have several other means to make money, and a $12 an hour job barely even computes to the motivation/thought process for finding our lifelong self sustaining off the grid little piece of the world.
also someone mentioned (maybe it was greywolf) that a commercial range/oven is overkill for most people. I TOTALLY agree. but since I'm a chef by trade, own a catering company, opening a restaurant, and have 5 kids 8 and under (i'm 30, not talking about taking all this on in my 60s here) it's perfect for us.
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