We have an address!

Today was an important day. Apart from starting the blog, we had our first productive visit at one of the City Hall Service Centre.

Here's all you need to know to go from lot without road access to a culvert, laneway, address and 911 post:

1. You need to fill out the Private Approach Permit with information regarding the legal description of the lot (since it doesn't have an address yet)
2. You also need to attach a sketch of your lot and where you want the driveway to be, including width of laneway(see bylaw for restrictions). There are size restrictions for width of culvert etc. We figured the wider the better so went with the full 9m culvert.
3. Pay the 200$ fee associated with the permit and inspection. While you are at it, fill out the 911 post application. It's needed so you may as well get it over with. Basically, the 911 post is the little address post which will be at the end of your street. It's there so that emergency vehicles can easily find you. It costs 50$ for them to make it and once your driveway is in, you install it yourself(there's guidelines as to where to put it..they will give this to you as well).
4. They will assign you with an address..which is quite exciting because that means you can technically put in a mailbox on your street and start receiving mail! woohoo!
4. The inspectors will come to visit the lot and where you plan on building the culvert, proposing the diameter of it and making sure everything is OK with location.
5. You hire someone to put in the culvert and put in the stone.
6. The inspectors come to visit again, making sure you did a good job.
7. You can now enter your lot from the street, recieve mail and get stuff delievred to your place! Weeeeee! Rejoice! :P

Now the question is...when will Google be able to recognize our new address as valid?