Willowside Project, Day 43

OK, John and Jane have decided.  I calculated that they should have about $2000 left in their budget and they've decided to go over their budget a bit by choosing the 95% State water heater.  This will send them about $2000 over budget, which they will have to pay for themselves.

Time to get all the contracts together and plan out the work schedules:

Harmony Farms in Sebastopol is handling the solar electric installation and will have their own contract.

Zero Energy Associates in Sebastopol will handle the HVAC and water heater and will have their own contract.

I - Advanced Home Performance - will handle the organization, oversight, electrical, framing, air sealing, insulation, permitting, and lighting and will have my own contract.

These are the logistical issues:

In order for SCEIP to pay out on July 1, I have to have the permit finalled and final SCEIP paperwork in to their office by 5PM on June 23.  That's going to be tight for ZEA but they say they can do it.  HF says it should be no problem.  If one of us fails to finish, we all suffer through another month before seeing payment so it takes some trust in each other to step in to this.

Problem is, we can't start until SCEIP gives us approval for financing and Energy Upgrade California (EUC) gives us approval to proceed.  EUC is a week or two, SCEIP is around 2 weeks and here it is, May 18th.  It'll be tight but at this point, I'm going for it.

Today's job is to get all three contracts signed and head to the SCEIP office with John Doe for the signing, then work up the EUC file for submittal.

Whew!