Permit Problems

On June 22, 2007, the pool company determined that a new permit was necessary. You see, the first permit was only for the pool and for the 2D layout of the yard, not for the actual structures. So, on July 22, 2007, a new permit was applied for.

As far as I'm concerned, this was the big mistake that took all the extra time. Originally, the pool company was going to have the designer and his group build the ramada. So, they were assuming that he would apply for the permits. But, they fired the designer and never took care of the paperwork they were assuming he was going to be doing. If all this had been incorporated into one permit, we'd be done by now. After they fired that guy, we met with two other sets of masons before the pool company just decided to do it themselves.

I've included a photo of our New Pool 2007!!! Thank goodness for the playgroup swim rotation. We were able to use friends' pools during the summer to keep cool and we spent a lot of time at the public pools. We're also very thankful that we have a lovely little courtyard on the front of our house. At least the boys have had a small area to run around outside.