Well here we go. Ever wanted to build your own facility from the ground up? I’m going to walk you through the process as it happens. From this land, a new facility shall rise!
Yep, just raw land at the moment. Almost 2 acres of it, though we can only build on a small portion of it due to the topography. But you should see Molly the Wonder Dog’s eyes light up at all those trees and wide open spaces! This piece of land is about as close to the ideal land as I could find. Our current location has woods out back and a yard for Molly to run so it’s a pretty quiet and peaceful location. It’s been tough to find something like that on a larger scale.
But thanks to the hard work of our real estate agent, Gary Allen, he found this great lot with nothing but woods behind it, in a quite area. So when we walk out the back door, this is pretty much the view we’ll see each and every day. I’m planning to landscape some of this but leave the majority of it pretty wild with as much fenced in as possible to allow Molly plenty of room to explore and chase tennis balls. I’ve found it’s really important to our clients to have a place to just step outside to take in some fresh air and not just go stand in a parking lot. We’ll have a pretty nice outdoor area when we’re all said and done if everything goes according to plan.
Right now we’re moving through with the necessary work that needs to be done before we can actually close on the loan. So what’s involved? Well the bank needs a lot of financial information both from you personally and from the company. Fortunately for us we already went through a lot of this back in December so all we need to do is update everything.
They also require drawings of what the building will look like, the budget from the contractor (licensed contractor of course!), an official survey of the land and an appraisal. Once all of these things have been delivered and the bank is satisfied with all the numbers, we’ll be able to close the loan and finish the deal. Timetable is generally 30 to 45 days for this work to be done.
Concurrently to all of this happening, we’re meeting with the building designers to get all the engineered drawings taken care of in advance so with any luck, we’re ready to start moving dirt the same day we sign the loan. A while back I purchased Punch! Home Suite, a 3D home design software for the Mac. I used it to lay out the interior of the building, to scale, which we are then giving to the designer. This cuts down his work since all he has to do is transfer my drawing to his plans. This is a really cool little piece of software if you plan to build or even remodel a space for your needs. It’s one thing to sketch out some ideas, but quite another to lay it all out to exact scale. Then you can really see how much space you have to work with.
So there you go, latest update. As of right now, the Surveyor says “yes, your building and parking will fit.” Final, formal survey to come next week and then we really get going with the designs.
More details and pictures as they become available! It’s going to be a fun ride!
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