Spring building season set to return, permit activity already picking up
‘Spring’ break
The calendar says it’s springtime. The constant screaming of snowmobiles still on the street indicates otherwise.
As the winter season is supposed to be clearing away to make room for hopefully warmer weather, contractors, professional designers and customers alike are starting to come out of hibernation.
From Thanksgiving time, up to and usually including the April break, the code office receives a modest number of new applications.
If history repeats itself, that will change by mid-April.
Phone calls have already increased, which is indicative of what’s coming soon.
This trend is not so different in any other town; however this area is probably unique in that winter arrives earlier and leaves later than most places and over 85 percent of the properties in the Town of Webb are owned by out-of-town seasonal homeowners.
Many people begin returning to their seasonal home in April and May, as the weather allows and the frost leaves the roads.
It’s not until then many people decide on that project, big, small or in between, and start calling their favorite contractor to make arrangements. Continue reading →
