So our windows have arrived after 4 weeks, and they look awesome and HUGE! Here they are in the Cigar Room (still more to come on that later ;) )
So, in case you weren't aware, the City of Chicago permit office is ridiculously slow and a pain to work with. Lauren and I applied for permits over 2 months ago, and we'd received sign-off on all but one item. We didn't want to wait to start our renovation because that would have pushed our timeline further into the winter, so we started a little earlier without having the final sign-off. City says a neighbor called and complained, but I don't know why a neighbor would do that when we're trying to make improvements to the property (which indirectly also helps the neighbors' property value). The inspector was really nice about it though which rarely happens. He knew our sign-off was just days away, but he still needed to issue the stop work order. We're expecting the permits to come in any day now so this should only slow us down a few days.
We were pretty excited about the windows but then this happened.....
So, in case you weren't aware, the City of Chicago permit office is ridiculously slow and a pain to work with. Lauren and I applied for permits over 2 months ago, and we'd received sign-off on all but one item. We didn't want to wait to start our renovation because that would have pushed our timeline further into the winter, so we started a little earlier without having the final sign-off. City says a neighbor called and complained, but I don't know why a neighbor would do that when we're trying to make improvements to the property (which indirectly also helps the neighbors' property value). The inspector was really nice about it though which rarely happens. He knew our sign-off was just days away, but he still needed to issue the stop work order. We're expecting the permits to come in any day now so this should only slow us down a few days.
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