And the money starts rolling out, rolling on out, rolling on out...

We received a letter from the Rathaus (Town Hall) yesterday. We are formally asked to come pick up our Building Permit (Baugehnemigung,) at the Town Hall. Good news! Bad news, along with the letter, we received another letter from the county building office. In that letter, was a lovely bill for 2,900 Euro! For what? Well, as far as we can figure, it is for the permission to build our house. Dear Lord, that is a pretty steep building permit fee! Of course, I have no idea how much a building permit costs in the States, but wow! The building is exciting, financial diarrhea, not so much.
I love the housebuilding process!