Building Fun at Jim-n-Lauren's

[Russell Kanning]

It is good to be buying and building in Winchester. Here is some real estate talk from a place I moved out of ... Santa Clarita http://thehousingbubbleblog.com/?p=1461  $600,000 for a 3 bedroom house? Ack!
Life is good for us peasants in the backwoods of NH.
I see a brick "bucket brigade" in my future on the 30th.

[TackleTheWorld]

We can make this a 2-day event, Sat and Sun.
So more people can attend.

Whoa, guest quarters are a bit cold..and unfurnished... and 25 yards from a bathroom.

In consolation we can have a pancake breakfast for overnighters

[Kat Kanning]

I'm sorry, but I'm forced to move this thread to "Civil Disobedience" in the name of honesty and openness.   

[FTL_Ian]

Oh, forgot to mention,
We got a cease and desist warning from the local building inspector Wednesday.
(renovating a home without a building permit) :blah:

So those unwilling to take part in an act of civil disobedience should not volunteer.

Hahaha!  I can see the headlines now:

"SWAT team sent to prevent group of criminals from hammering and shoveling without a permit!"

I was already planning on attending, but this just sweetens the pot.   

[CNHT]

Warning: We have been warned by the local building inspector to cease and desist our unpermitted renovation.
Do not attend if you would like to remain 100% law abiding.

Lauren, how did he know you were doing this in the first place? I realize it's a small town...

[Lloyd Danforth]

They suffer from visability

[CNHT]

They suffer from visability

Hmm so someone actually put them on notice in writing?

[TackleTheWorld]

Warning: We have been warned by the local building inspector to cease and desist our unpermitted renovation.
Do not attend if you would like to remain 100% law abiding.

Lauren, how did he know you were doing this in the first place? I realize it's a small town...

Jim talked with him before we purchased the property, the bureaucrat said he'd like to see the barn renovated, and said we wouldn't need a permit.

[CNHT]

Warning: We have been warned by the local building inspector to cease and desist our unpermitted renovation.
Do not attend if you would like to remain 100% law abiding.

Lauren, how did he know you were doing this in the first place? I realize it's a small town...

Jim talked with him before we purchased the property, the bureaucrat said he'd like to see the barn renovated, and said we wouldn't need a permit.

And now you've gotten a written cease and desist? What a liar! If they require building permits that was bound to happen so I don't know why he misled you. All they care about is taxing the hell out of you really.

I remember when I built my house, their description of it was nothing like what the house was really like.
He said well now I'll have to come over there and look. So I made him come in and see it so I could get an abatement. 
I guess he thought I'd back down, which was silly because you can't lie about how many rooms you have...
I eventually got about $1500 off my taxes.

[Michael Fisher]

How dare you renovate that property!? 

This is .

[CNHT]

How dare you renovate that property!? 

This is .

Our system of taxation does NOT encourage people who maintain their property. It is punitive.

[cathleeninnh]

It does seem that homes are kept decidedly shabbier here than other parts of the country. It is confusing to us furriners when we see shabby, we think, CHEAP. NOT!

Cathleen

[Russell Kanning]

They also have crummy houses in South Central LA full of bullet holes ..... and they still are $600,000. I am sure Bill Grennon can explain.

[TackleTheWorld]

Dawn had an explaination for the cease and desist warning.
Jim had a letter to the editor published recently that recommended Dawn for state rep.
Her political adversaries are trying to admonish him.

[FTL_Ian]

I think the government should cease and desist.  It's not nice to threaten people.