Actually, that's hardly the way to describe it. We really haven't waited very long at all. The time between our last corrections notice (translation: rejection) and this re-submission was only a touch over 4 weeks. This has already been a dramatically faster cycle (previous cycles were 6 months and 3 months respectively).
Regardless, we're ecstatic that Richard Rhydes (of Whidbey Island Architects), our diligent architect, has completed the corrections for Round 4 and submitted them this morning.
He went about the process a little bit differently from the prior cycles. Typically, we receive the corrections notice, change the drawings and re-submit. This time, Richard scheduled meetings with the remaining departments to review his corrections prior to submitting.
We're hoping this approach both saves time, and avoids another corrections notice.
By comparison, I think we're actually doing rather well. Julie has been keeping her eyes on construction in the area, and there's a new house that's almost finished over on Sunset Ave. (1411 Sunset). This house, although it's on an even steeper slope, was originally submitted in 2007, and they're just wrapping up construction now...yikes.
So we feel fortunate...or at least we're trying to keep our spirits up by telling ourselves we should feel fortunate.
At this point, we're trying to project this round of reviews, and I developed a little comparison table for the two departments at issue. Below are the round-by-round comparisons of each of the two remaining departments.
By this chart, it appears that Round 4 should be approved or rejected before the end of April. According to some other research we've done, it appears that between the last departmental approval and the "Final" approval, there are typically 3-4 weeks of meetings.
So...where does that leave us?
HOPEFULLY...a start date of late May.
Up Next: Eyes on the Prize - Tracking Round 4.
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