[fireant911]

dad911,
The information I am about to share is real even though it may be seem otherwise. There is NO inspection required for building a home here other than for the County Health Department to sign off on the septic system. We spoke, in length, at the city's town hall regarding this and their is no building inspector and no inspection process. We met with the land lawyer who confirmed this. We also went to the county seat and verified it a third time. Before proceeding with this project, we will ensure to get this information in writing from the appropriate officials.

I have the FEMA floodplain maps and flooding is not going to be an issue. The banks on either side of the creek are quite steep are sufficiently elevated. It is our understanding that although the property is not in a floodplain, it is the responsibility of the homeowner to PROVE this to the insurance company - else we would have to purchase some very expensive flood insurance.

One of the contingencies of our contract is that we are able to build on the property. We have more homework to do in order to verify that we are able to build that cabin - plus there are the issues of electrical power, city water or well, ...etc.