mjncad
Super Member
With all the fees the county has soaked you for to date, I hope they don't have a penetration fee!
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With all the fees the county has soaked you for to date, I hope they don't have a penetration fee!
Lt CHEG
Platinum Member
With all the fees the county has soaked you for to date, I hope they don't have a penetration fee!
Wait till he gets his property tax bill, that will be the penetration fee
mjncad
Super Member
Wait till he gets his property tax bill, that will be the penetration fee
I'm still trying to get an adequate supply of K-Y to deal with our property taxes.
Lt CHEG
Platinum Member
I can sympathize my friend.
CosmoAU
Bronze Member
There is a product I use called "Shark Grip" to mix with your concrete sealer that will give it enough grit to not be slippery. I have about 1100 sq. ft. of stamped porches and have done a few acid stained ones with this product and it works very well. I personally like the acid staining the best. Whatever you decide, you may want to consider finding something similar to use. It is sold at Sherwin Williams paint stores around here, but I am on the other side of the country from you. A small container (maybe a quart) around $15 mixed with 5 gal. of sealer works pretty well. Just something to consider.
Tractor Shopper
Bronze Member
Beautiful looking new home! I came into the thread a little late so I apologize for the potential Stupid questions. I'm not sure what state your building in but it looks like a very southren state and I from the look of the Pictures your house looks like it built on a slab. I may be wrong but building on slabs seems to be more popular down there than up here in Canada, in my area anyway and I was just curious why this was?
The other question is how does your taxes work? $5700 a years sounds very high unless your living in a mansion. Where I live in Canada it works out to a percentage of the value of your house per year, which where I live now is about 0.9%.
Anyhow the house looks teriffic and I can relate to the building experience as I build new last fall, sorry for the silly questions just curious.
The other question is how does your taxes work? $5700 a years sounds very high unless your living in a mansion. Where I live in Canada it works out to a percentage of the value of your house per year, which where I live now is about 0.9%.
Anyhow the house looks teriffic and I can relate to the building experience as I build new last fall, sorry for the silly questions just curious.
Tractor Shopper I am in S. California. my complaints earlier in the thread were all the fees to build and taxes for everything associated with the project. The Property tax here is the only reasonable tax we have in California thanks to prop. 13. We pay 1% of what was paid for the property. So I pay 1678.00 a year for my 1952 home that I bought in 1993, plus school fees. This house will be appraised when it is done but I think they will base the value on what I spent rather than the market prices. They (tax man) has already notified me and wanted me to fill out a form telling them what I have spent so far.
I finally finished pouring the 7ft hole/ footing for my solar mount today. Here are some new photos, I plan on putting up the panels this weekend if I can do that prior to hooking up the inverter.
Oh and I am pretty sure slab buildings are only in areas that don't get a good freeze. No basements here either because of the earhquakes and nothing is made out of brick. I think the slab is suppose to move with the earth..
Thanks for the compliments. I can't wait to move out of town.
I finally finished pouring the 7ft hole/ footing for my solar mount today. Here are some new photos, I plan on putting up the panels this weekend if I can do that prior to hooking up the inverter.
Oh and I am pretty sure slab buildings are only in areas that don't get a good freeze. No basements here either because of the earhquakes and nothing is made out of brick. I think the slab is suppose to move with the earth..
Thanks for the compliments. I can't wait to move out of town.
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Tractor Shopper
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I actually just read back throught the thread and was shocked to hear the building permit fees, they are crazy, I believe all mine with septic and everything were around $2000. But I guess on the other hand I don't live in Southren Cali. Makes sense with no basements in earthquake country, didn't think about that, we worry about 7 feet of snow and 5 feet of frost so deep basement usually stay deeper than the frost protecting the structure. The tax rate sounds similalar to here so I guess I don't feel over taxed if we are on par with California.
Nice looking tractor as well, I toyed with buying a Deere for a while as well but just couldn't pass up the price I got on a new McCormick.
Nice looking tractor as well, I toyed with buying a Deere for a while as well but just couldn't pass up the price I got on a new McCormick.
mjncad
Super Member
TractorShopper:
You've read about Saltman being soaked by the People's Republic of California; now check out the other extreme of a guy in Oklahoma building an earth sheltered home.
The only permit he had to get was for his septic system.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/145915-terra-dome-earth-shelter-build.html
You've read about Saltman being soaked by the People's Republic of California; now check out the other extreme of a guy in Oklahoma building an earth sheltered home.
The only permit he had to get was for his septic system.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/145915-terra-dome-earth-shelter-build.html
Tractor Shopper
Bronze Member
Wow, from one extreme to the other, I always heard we we're over taxed here in Canada but I guess we come up some where in the middle. Love hearing about everyone's experiences all over though, a really great learning experience.
