This week has been the culmination of several months of planning, house searching, presenting purchase offers, reviewing cma's, preparing permit drawings, reviewing closing documents, reviewing construction bids, meeting with building officials, etc, etc... My business partner and I made the initial cash offer on 3722 West Sunnyside on July 1st. Almost four months have passed since then -- 115 days. During this period there have been numerous scheduled real estate closings which were cancelled and rescheduled . Yesterday, October 20th we finally had a successful closing. This morning was the much anticipated City of Chicago Department of Buildings Permit Intake Meeting. I arrived at 9:15 am to meet with Project Manager #7. It was our lucky day -- from the random selection process, Craig MCleary was assigned to be PM #7. Craig is one of the best Project Managers at the City of Chicago. He reviewed the permit drawings, contractors, Energy Code Compliance Forms, and numerous other required permit forms. By 9:30 a.m. (fifteen minutes later) I was leaving with my building permit in hand! If the City of Chicago was this efficient with all of the building processes and reviews it was be a much better place to conduct business. I want to personally thank Craig MCleary for his expertise and efficient review process. Tomorrow morning I'll be meeting with the General Contractor to review the construction schedule. Monday morning demolition will start. Hopefully we'll be excavating for the new addition foundation by Friday. It's been a long road so far but I'm very excited about this new project. If all goes as planned the completely renovated two story, 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath single family home which sits on a 42' wide site will be completed and ready for it's new Owner (yet to be determined) in about 3 months. I plan on sharing the renovation and construction process through this blog site with many insights and photos of the entire process. Hopefully you will find it informative.....and maybe you can help to supply the new buyer. Please tell your friends, associates, neighbors, and everyone else you know who might be interested.
And now, its time to celebrate.....I'm thinking sushi for dinner......
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