In this last week we have had movement on our application front. On Tuesday we receieved a confirmation of receipt of our application from the mayor's office in our local town. This gives us our application number and lets us know that things are slowly turning. This was a joyful occasion. We deduced that if we hear nothing else before the 1st of June then we would be home and hosed. Unfortunately today I received an email from the second line of defence as it were in the application process and they had a fair bit to say but they also had some solutions which is good.
To put it bluntly the pitch of the roof is too great (it needs to be 35%, whatever that means), the window openings are not long and narrow enough, we have put in a fair few wide windows and it turns out that in this region the windows need to be tall and thin (like I wish I was :P), the garage needs to be simplified and we need to apply for a sewage something or other (this is where my google translate let me down).
They also said we were missing two parts to the application, one of which was the descriptive notice. Now since that fell under my jurisdiction I know, without a doubt, that it is done.
On the other hand they did give us a time and place to meet with a government appointed architect to help us with these problems so I am in the midst of trying to find somebody to attend the meeting for me as I can't really make it back and I don't think my French is up to it. Once I have done that then I can address the issue of the missing parts of the application and verify exactly what is missing and perhaps send it again.
This may seem like bad news but I think it is pretty good as they seem to be quite keen on helping sort these issues. Will keep you informed!
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