06-21-2005, 11:53 AM
A very worthwhile topic, and one I'm most interested.
I'd say the most important lesson to date - not the mainland, be willing to learn how things are done locally, 2 ears wide open, 1 mouth normally shut unless asking respectful questions.
Today I got a call saying our Ninole house plans will be submitted to permit process by Monday. Was gonna be Friday, but I want 1 more looksee.
As for that process, in Jan I delivered a set of fairly detailed drawings to be converted into building plans. I spent an additional 6 hours, face to face, going over them with designer in April. There have been emails, Fedex, and other phone calls to get us to this point. So here we are, 6 months later, and about to enter the county maze. My fingers are crossed for a permit by early August.
This is not my first permit/building attempt. March of 2004, we started to build a legally permitted shed. Some discussion and pic link of that project is on Hiloweb. While some frustrations, also some very good experiences, especially with HPM and materials.
As for shipping building materials. I have not, nor expect to ship any lumber products. I have bought items such as ceiling fans, porcelain tile, floor tile commercial gas range, sinks and plumbing, my starter solar (PV) system, inground swimming pool kit, Kioti tractor with implements and some other items. In most cases, the motivation was money - items I could buy here at considerable savings vs on BI. I didn't buy anything that wasn't planned, but I bought same item at much reduced cost or a better item for same cost. Other items, like the PV system I did out of convenience. When I make a work trip to BI, my time is preciously limited, so I'd rather pull such items from the container and install them than to spend time looking where to buy or worse yet, finding they are out of stock.
I'll probably add to thread, but hope this is a good start.
David
I'd say the most important lesson to date - not the mainland, be willing to learn how things are done locally, 2 ears wide open, 1 mouth normally shut unless asking respectful questions.
Today I got a call saying our Ninole house plans will be submitted to permit process by Monday. Was gonna be Friday, but I want 1 more looksee.
As for that process, in Jan I delivered a set of fairly detailed drawings to be converted into building plans. I spent an additional 6 hours, face to face, going over them with designer in April. There have been emails, Fedex, and other phone calls to get us to this point. So here we are, 6 months later, and about to enter the county maze. My fingers are crossed for a permit by early August.
This is not my first permit/building attempt. March of 2004, we started to build a legally permitted shed. Some discussion and pic link of that project is on Hiloweb. While some frustrations, also some very good experiences, especially with HPM and materials.
As for shipping building materials. I have not, nor expect to ship any lumber products. I have bought items such as ceiling fans, porcelain tile, floor tile commercial gas range, sinks and plumbing, my starter solar (PV) system, inground swimming pool kit, Kioti tractor with implements and some other items. In most cases, the motivation was money - items I could buy here at considerable savings vs on BI. I didn't buy anything that wasn't planned, but I bought same item at much reduced cost or a better item for same cost. Other items, like the PV system I did out of convenience. When I make a work trip to BI, my time is preciously limited, so I'd rather pull such items from the container and install them than to spend time looking where to buy or worse yet, finding they are out of stock.
I'll probably add to thread, but hope this is a good start.
David
Ninole Resident