You are probably thinking...Ty's living in a hotel room? Not anymore! I have upgraded my digs. My new home is now a renovated mental hospital/state prison. Yes I said mental hospital/state prison, however, there is an upside to these condos - the upside is that they are very nice and not many, "living" neighbors. There is only one other person in the whole building so it makes for very quiet nights. Now every upside has a downside, the downside here being that I may not be as alone as I think ("living" neighbor), add to that the hundreds of unmarked graves in my back yard. But again, I am not in a hotel. (Pictures to come on the new place and the graveyard)
During my time in my new place I have had an opportunity to work on some more drawings and begin our preparations for the Historic Review Board. I have also decided to read some of the literature from the Department of the interior on historic renovations. With that being said, let me explain to you some of the guidelines. One of the guidelines is that you must keep the historic integrity of the property (i.e. any historical features of the property must remain). However, within those same guidelines it states that exterior guidelines are meant only for properties that are visible from the street (I advise you now to remember this statement).
Following these guidelines I continue the process for the Historic Review Board. Katie and I decide on a final layout(we think) and I put together the rest of the application to turn in to the planning office the following Tuesday. We are really excited. On Tuesday I turn in the plans, and now it is a waiting game until we meet with the Review Board.
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