Hi!
So we wern't planning on building on our land for another 2 years, but then we thought, why don't we build a garage with an apartment above it and live there to save money? (Duh, I wish we thought of this last year....)
Anyway, we still have to get a perk test done. We have clay soil. The septic guy said to wait till it's drier out to do it. Which I understand.
Is there a way to do it to get it to work now? They are pretty much by the book in this county though.
The reason for the venting, and wanting to get this going faster is I just talked with the electric company again who last year quoted me almost $3000 to put electric in (not including the transformer), we are going back about 350 feet.
I talked with her today, and she said the pricing structure has changed, they now only charge a flat rate of $2.51 per foot. That includes the wires underground, and the the transformer on our property, since it's over 300 feet. Plus they give you a credit for $800!!! So we would pay about $78.00 plus the digging of the trenches!!!
But the catch is, she said that they are rasiing that price back up by May 1st, because the price is to low....So we need our foundation started, and the driveway in before they will come out to put it in. But I need the perk test done before that to happen....I'm dying over here, that is a big savings for us.
What do we do?
Thanks for letting me vent!
~Marisa
So we wern't planning on building on our land for another 2 years, but then we thought, why don't we build a garage with an apartment above it and live there to save money? (Duh, I wish we thought of this last year....)
Anyway, we still have to get a perk test done. We have clay soil. The septic guy said to wait till it's drier out to do it. Which I understand.
Is there a way to do it to get it to work now? They are pretty much by the book in this county though.
The reason for the venting, and wanting to get this going faster is I just talked with the electric company again who last year quoted me almost $3000 to put electric in (not including the transformer), we are going back about 350 feet.
I talked with her today, and she said the pricing structure has changed, they now only charge a flat rate of $2.51 per foot. That includes the wires underground, and the the transformer on our property, since it's over 300 feet. Plus they give you a credit for $800!!! So we would pay about $78.00 plus the digging of the trenches!!!
But the catch is, she said that they are rasiing that price back up by May 1st, because the price is to low....So we need our foundation started, and the driveway in before they will come out to put it in. But I need the perk test done before that to happen....I'm dying over here, that is a big savings for us.
What do we do?
Thanks for letting me vent!
~Marisa