Monday began our official kick-off for our feasibility study. Our first step in doing this was to contact King County and pull as much information from their system on the property as we could. Lance went to King County twice on Monday, but the first time was too close to their lunch, and the second time was too close to their closing. Just an FYI, but be sure to check their office hours. King County Department of Permits in Snoqualmie is only open from 7:30 – 11:30 and from 1:00 to 3:00 most days of the week. http://www.kingcounty.gov/property/permits/about/HoursLocations.aspx. Who knew!

He was able to submit a request for information for us and they emailed all of the documents to him. And boy what results we got back…200+ pages about the property! They have everything scanned for the property which made is so easy to get the files from them. We got information including surveys, title, sensitive areas, clearing permits, building permits, covenants, easements, etc. Some of the information I had pulled previously from King County’s website, but there was so much more that wasn’t online.

So, what did I do with all of this information? Well, I printed it all out (because I’m old school and like to read documents that are printed) organized them by subject matter and highlighted and flagged the questionable things I saw. The reason I did this is because Lance set up a meeting with King County for us for Friday, May 10th at 9am. So I want to make sure that we come prepared with all of our questions ready to go. It will really be helpful to have site specific issues to ask questions about as generic questions would only be given a generic answer. And with such a large investment, it’s extremely important to get clear answers about the property.

I’ve already have a real good feeling about the property. I’ve browsed through all of the documents that King County’s given us and the previous seller had building permits approved for the property. That at least provides a solid level of confidence to move forward in our feasibility study. I didn’t see any red flags – only a few questions for clarification need to be resolved. After our meeting on Friday I’ll know more, and hopefully be even more confident in our purchase.