ExpressionFamiliar98

ExpressionFamiliar98 t1_jdnvkyi wrote

Reply to Looking for advice on talking with town clerk and zoning administrator about a build on acreage by SexyEdMeese

Other considerations-

  1. Whether the town enforces International Building Code and inspects your work.
  2. Whether the town enforces International Fire Code - fire safety regulations.
  3. Driveway access and regulations.
  4. State regs are not handled through the town.

The zoning is the easy part. Complying with building and fire code (IF THEY ENFORCE) is where it gets pricey.

Be ready to learn.

Yelling at town employees will only slow your process.

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ExpressionFamiliar98 t1_j9odeu3 wrote

Reply to Upper Valley Housing (VT side) by CuriosAHA

If the prices aren’t scaring you, then keep looking in the target towns. Something will come up. If cost is a factor, look to the one hour commute range from the UV core. Be willing to commute to get the house you want… and be prepared to fix it up.

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ExpressionFamiliar98 t1_j5zb2er wrote

Reply to comment by Commercial_Case_7475 in VT History question by lottabigbluewater

I used to live in a balloon frame house near a former large lumber operation on the CT River. During renovations I found the lathe and plaster guy signed the date in an ‘interior/insulation’ layer, ‘Oct 1888’.

The entire neighborhood had a sort of row house construction - nearly all the houses were the same design and built at the same time.

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ExpressionFamiliar98 t1_j3xs2yi wrote

Reply to Why doesn’t Vermont bury its power lines? by tcchen

I live on a hill in the sticks in Vermont at the end of the line for the local distribution network. We lost power for 4 days in the ‘big one’ just before Christmas. First priority when we got the house: backup power.

Think about how we are getting broadband throughout the state and how long that is taking. Consider that process is an absolute cakewalk when we are using existing poles and alignments.

Now think about burying the lines - many will be in existing roadways, many are across private property. Property rights, environmental permits, changing pathways if an existing aerial alignment cannot be followed.

This is a massive effort.

If we talk cost, consider the poles with transformers. A utility company rep told me shifting a transformer from the top of a pole to an underground concrete vault could cost $100k minimum under ideal conditions.

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ExpressionFamiliar98 t1_j1md9jt wrote

Reply to Green Mountain Power keeps marking my power as on when it's not by manofsticks

I have the set up where they text when power is restored or when it shuts off. There were repeated events during the last storm where GMP announced power restored to my address with the last sentence being, “If your power is still out, reply OUT.” I also go to the GMP app on my phone to report the outage.

I think it is weird that every time I report my outage as ‘still out’ the app resets the duration of the outage to the most recent report. Makes customer service metrics look good?

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ExpressionFamiliar98 t1_ixq0af8 wrote

Reply to comment by Little_Art8272 in EV car incentive program by Little_Art8272

Purchased new. Purchased a Chevy Bolt - heavy, heavy dealer discounts at the time sweetened the deal. I am happy with the EV. The high speed charger infrastructure is improving. We use it for local trips and commute. Longer (100 mi plus one way) requires route planning to hit the woefully inadequate NNE charging infrastructure.

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ExpressionFamiliar98 t1_ixm27wc wrote

Reply to Vermont dating reddit by Prudent_Mobile_9721

[post contains satire with a little truth] Good luck to you. Of course, I would disagree finding a partner is challenging in VT. You youngsters are so picky!!

My wife and me, for example. We were the only two single individuals of the same general age in our small office in a small VT town. We’ve been married more than 20 years, now.

See? Simple. Settling in Vermont has so many different meanings.

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