So, we met with the county engineer today and his “staff”. It went better than I thought it would, and even they seemed to see the lack of common sense that was holding up our project. There seems to be a viable solution of adding a 40′ x 40′ triangle of property to our existing property. However, that is going to require us to purchase more property, pay for more surveys, another closing, and the changes to our current site plan. The county employees and OUR engineer asked if we had title insurance on the property, and if so, we might be able to file a claim. Well, we do have title insurance, but when I called our title agent, he get really agitated and told me that “zoning issues” aren’t covered under the title insurance, and then started demanding that I tell him who suggested that I file a claim. Well, this was one time that being a frazzled mama helped me out because other than my engineer, I couldn’t remember any one’s name. I didn’t want to give their names anyways, because he wanted to call and “straighten them out”.
Well, I decided to call the title insurance company directly and they said I do possibly have a valid claim. But, of course now it is 5:00pm and everyone is done for the day. So, I will be investigating this tomorrow morning ASAP.
If you would please pray that things would continue to go well.
Until tomorrow!