Gottfried Green

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We have our site and drainage plan needed for the building permit application. We do have access to public sewer so thankfully no septic system will be needed. The existing land where the house will be is 6 feet above sea level. I guess that puts everything into perspective about how vulnerable FL really is to flooding or losing its coastline. The house is set on an angle for the sun and wind locations. For drainage purposes there will probably be about 2 ft of fill-dirt which raises the house to 8 ft above sea level. The livable space is required to be a total of 12 ft above. Although we technically only need to raise another 4ft to be at the total of 12 ft, we are increasing the height to have usable space underneath. It makes sense but it does cause the house to look a bit over-sized on the ground. Let's put it this way, if we didn't have to raise it we wouldn't. It's also where most of the extra cost will come from.

Labels: siteplan, water