Mntboy Posted October 19, 2016 Share Finally !!! We have been told that our planning application is fully approved and permission has been granted! We will receive the temporary "certificate of license" tomorrow by registered post and then the official certificate once we've paid the council their fee. (which is hopefully not to much!) We can now go back to the bank - who agreed with our business plan "in principal" but could not proceed with our building loan application without the building license being issued. #sighofreliefI shall be having a glass of red wine and toasting towards further success for you and Wendy! Really stoked for you guys! Sent from my GT-S6790 using Tapatalk Wendy and Bonus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted October 19, 2016 Share This morning we took a drive down to the "Dam wall" end of the currently almost empty Mediano reservoir. The reservoir is named after the old village of Mediano which was situated in what is now the middle of the lake. The vacated houses were demolished before the valley was flooded - only the church was left standing. Everything shown in these photos is under 10m of water during the rainy season. The top of the church tower, from the white tide-line upwards, is the only part higher than the high water level. CogitoErgoSum, Gen, Bloukrans and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted October 19, 2016 Share more CogitoErgoSum, barrykm, Mntboy and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rocket-Boy Posted October 19, 2016 Share Finally !!! We have been told that our planning application is fully approved and permission has been granted! We will receive the temporary "certificate of license" tomorrow by registered post and then the official certificate once we've paid the council their fee. (which is hopefully not to much!) We can now go back to the bank - who agreed with our business plan "in principal" but could not proceed with our building loan application without the building license being issued. #sighofreliefIt sure has taken long enough!Congratulations, very excited for you and Wendy. Bonus and Wendy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrykm Posted October 20, 2016 Share Finally !!! We have been told that our planning application is fully approved and permission has been granted! We will receive the temporary "certificate of license" tomorrow by registered post and then the official certificate once we've paid the council their fee. (which is hopefully not to much!) We can now go back to the bank - who agreed with our business plan "in principal" but could not proceed with our building loan application without the building license being issued. #sighofrelief The end of the beginning..? Bonus and Wendy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen Posted October 20, 2016 Share moreThat's incredible Wendy and Bonus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mntboy Posted October 20, 2016 Share We can get past the odd one or two Gen, no problem. The overwhelming attitude towards us is one of friendliness and acceptance and we're not going to let one or two people spoil that.I am inclined to think that the love and acceptance you guys are getting from your community is a direct result of trying to be a part of the community and helping the community. If that make sense to you. Interesting dam you guys have. I wonder what the reason was for not destroying the church when the dam was built? Sent from my GT-S6790 using Tapatalk Wendy, Gen and Bonus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted October 20, 2016 Share How many pets do you see around town ? What is the general attitude towards the animals ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted October 20, 2016 Share We've seen several people here in town with dogs and the hotel restaurants and bars seem to be pet friendly. You also see lots of dogs out in the countryside working with sheep etc but they are not really pets. in our village there are a couple of very good natured dogs that will pop in and say hello while I'm working in the garden, not often but on occasion. They say hello then wander off. The attitude towards dogs here seems to be very easy going and relaxed. I haven't come across an angry dog yet . . . . Slowbee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mntboy Posted October 20, 2016 Share Here's the glass of Red Wine! To more success in the future! Sent from my GT-S6790 using Tapatalk Gen and Bonus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted October 20, 2016 Share We've seen several people here in town with dogs and the hotel restaurants and bars seem to be pet friendly. You also see lots of dogs out in the countryside working with sheep etc but they are not really pets. in our village there are a couple of very good natured dogs that will pop in and say hello while I'm working in the garden, not often but on occasion. They say hello then wander off. The attitude towards dogs here seems to be very easy going and relaxed. I haven't come across an angry dog yet . . . .maybe we need to come visit spain...see how much it costs to set up shop. Bonus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted October 22, 2016 Share People often ask us what "the crime" is like in Spain. I can't speak for the rest of Spain, but I can give you an example from where we are. The electricity company are replacing some wooden poles with new concrete ones and these two rolls of cable have been sitting on an open piece of ground for a week now - exactly where they were left. . . . :-) CogitoErgoSum, Gen and barrykm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CogitoErgoSum Posted October 22, 2016 Share People often ask us what "the crime" is like in Spain. I can't speak for the rest of Spain, but I can give you an example from where we are. The electricity company are replacing some wooden poles with new concrete ones and these two rolls of cable have been sitting on an open piece of ground for a week now - exactly where they were left. . . . :-)Amazing. Here, if anything (cables, lawnmowers, my cellphone....) is left unattended for longer than 30min it is free for any one who is obliged to have it. Those cables are real money. I read once that SA is one of the biggest importers of copper (or was that exporters....) even though we don't produce that much copper. This was directly correlated to the amounts of copper stolen every year.... Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk Bonus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matchstix Posted October 24, 2016 Share You know you are a Saffa if you want to take the roll home with you before someone steals it ;p Gen, Skylark, BSG and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted October 28, 2016 Share Last Tuesday we visited the local municipal architect and she told us that our Planning Permission License was passed and that she would post it to us on Thursday, registered post. (She only works Tuesdays and Thursdays) By this morning, a week after it was posted, we still hadn't received the letter and we were worried that we had missed the postman (for signing) so this morning we went to the architects office to check on things. Apparently the letter hasn't been posted yet because the architect hasn't signed it off. Seriously, these people would test the patience of a Saint! :-( #hotimpressed Gen and Wendy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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