As you may well know, Rick and I have been trying to pull our house together to convert it to a Bed and Breakfast. We're trying to get things in order so we will be able to receive guests sometime in Spring of '09. Yes, I'm still a real estate agent. The B&B will be done with my real estate career, Rick's pastoral position and his studies at Seattle U. Ha! We love working hard and going every which-away.
My first meeting with the city just about did me in. Going head-to-head with city hall with all their rules and regs is just not fun! I'm already tired! Maybe I'll just go to sleep in one of the bedrooms and wake up when its all over.
Two weeks ago I dropped off the pre-paperwork in preparation for my meeting preceding the official filing to turn our home into a B&B. Today I met with 3 folks that work for the city. Well, it seems that I need sprinklers in all the bedrooms, I need to change the fire-hydrants out in the street, I need to install a "grease trap" (like I'm doing a restaurant), and then a variety of other things that don't hold a candle to these price-wise.
My first task will be to try to get a release on the sprinklers. If we have to do the sprinklers we will also have to get a new water meter. Not good.
Please send your thoughts, prayers, humor, and maybe even light a candle for us, or talk to someone you know down at the city and tell them to give me a break! Ha!
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