Circa April 2013: And it is final

After much calling and cancelled meetings, the draughtsman came by one night with the plans already completed on forms to submit to Town and Country.

I really thought he would have sent us a draft before to go over because from just glancing at it there were some changes he made. I guess these changes made sense from a structural perspective and he also said he tried to stay within the square footage but I think we should have still been consulted to see where we could have tweaked and adjusted some areas. He changed our office space to a small storage room and the dining room was smaller. Another bedroom and the upstairs bathroom were also reduced.

I mentioned these things when Samurai asked me to go over them for any issues and he asked if they were changes we could live with or if we really needed to have them changed. I felt like I was being a bit too picky. A half-foot here and there couldn't possibly be all that bad, right?

So we agreed with the plan as is. There were several sheets with different elevations, foundation and structural plans. He did a wooden roof plan as he said that was easier to pass and promised to give us a soft-copy of all the drawings with a metal roof design and an AutoCAD-like program that we would be able to view them in.

After briefing us on all the documents, Samurai signed off on them all and the very next day, our draughtsman submitted our plans to Town and Country. What a great day. This makes our journey all the more real and makes me even more excited to get started.

The Draughtsman said it should take around 2-3 months for approval and approval is also required from the regional corporation which in our case is the Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation. He dropped by a few days later for his payment and to give me our copy of the drawings submitted and application form.

We decided to wait exactly two months to start calling Town and Country for an update so until then I will be in LaLa Land obsessing over this giant step in progress we just made.