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BY MARJORIE MEGIVERN
You've visited the South
Brunswick Isles, fallen in love with
them and can't resist the urge to own
your own bit of paradise on or near
(the water.
Or you're a Brunswick County resident
who's saved carefully over
many years and is now ready to build
your first home.
What a delightful prospect!
However, that emotional urge, even
counled with wpll-thmioht-mit niano
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for investing in a nest aren't enough
to get through the house construction
trauma with your sanity intact.
IYou need to know and foiiow ail the
rules of the game.
Leaving aside your financing and
architectural plans, the world of permits
is a separate hassle for the
t home builder. Like the childhood
game, 'May I?,' a series of approving
documents allows you to advance in
the building process.
It's complicated. Permit requirements
depend on whether
you're in an unincorporated area,
whether you're within 500 feet of any
water, or which community you'll
call home.
I Brunswick County's building inspection
department in the government
complex permits you if your
construction is being done outside
any town. In such cases you'll need
the following permits for a singlefamily
residence: building, electrical,
plumbing and mechanical.
Fees for these vary and the permits
are issued only to state-licensed contractors
or the homeowner if you're
doing your own work.
But before you can ask 'May I advance?'
with the building permit,
however, you must first obtain a sep
uc ia.iK permit it you aren't building
in an area blessed with a sewer
i system. This permit, issued by the
health department after an inspection
of the septic tank site, costs $20.
Another prerequisite may be a permit
from the Coastal Area Management
Act office of the state. The $25
CAMA permit is required for any
construction in an Area of Environmental
Concern, which is within
75 feet of estuarine waters and
canals, 500 feet of the ocean.
For building in unincorporated
areas, this application is made in the
county planning department, and
there's a wait of 10-15 days for the
permit.
Your only other hurdle as a county
~ >>ijineQWRer is me mailer ot noon inJB
surance, for which all of Brunswick
County has been approved.
If you secured your loan through
any federal institution, you must
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have this coverage, whether you're <
building in a town or an unincorporated
area.
The requirements for national
flood insurance vary based on
geography, but are extremely rigid,
according to Dwight Carroll, Holden
Beach building inspector.
"You sometimes have to have your
pilings 16 feet in the ground, and
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level," he said.
Carroll spelled out three simple 1
steps to house construction inside the ]
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Below are properties listed for sal
call us on these or any other proper
area.
Oceanfront
101 Ocean Blvd. East, 3 BR, 2
110 Ocean Blvd. East, 3 BR, 2
539 Ocean Blvd. West, 4 BR, 2 bat
597 Ocean Blvd. West, 6-BR, 3-bat
ed
1013 Ocean Blvd. West, 6 BR, 31/
511 Ocean Blvd. West, 6-BR,
amenities
359 Ocean Blvd. West, 4 BR, 2
751 Ocean Blvd. West, 4 BR, 2 bai
Sea Oats Villas, Unit 102, 2 BR, 2 1
Holden Beach West. 6-BR. 4-b
amenities
Second Rov
162 Ocean Blvd. West, cottage loct
cess very close. Furnished, basic bt
466 Ocean'Blvd. West, 3 BR, 2
368 Ocean Blvd. West, 4 BR, 2
GREAT OWNER FINANCING.
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134 Sailfish Dr., 3 BR, 2 baths, n
nished, all amenities, enclosed 2
porary design
142 Tarpon Dr., 4 BR, 2 baths,
128 Raleigh St., 3 BR, 2 baths, fur
115 Scotch Bonnet, 4 BR, 2 1
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120 Greensboro St., 3 BR, 2 I
112 Lions Paw, 4 BR, 2 baths, furr
106 Charlotte St., 4 BR., 2 baths, t'i
Watei
316 Sand Dune Lane, 4 BR, 2
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:ity limits of an incorporated town.
"First you need a CAMA permit,"
le said. "Then the septic tank permit
;rom the health department, then a
juilding permit that includes the
ilumbing, electrical and heating and
lir conditioning."
Carroll noted, "Everything (except
the septic tank permit) is handl;d
right here in town. We take the
DAMA application and send it on to
Wilmington."
While all the beach communities of
Golden, Ocean Isle and Sunset
3each, and Calabash, have the same
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ties for sale in the H olden Beach
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nonages
baths, 55.8 ft. lot, zoned R2
$125,000.
baths, furnished, 55.8 ft. lot
$119,500.
hs, furnished $129,500.
h duplex, all amenities, furnish
$249,900.
'i baths furnished, all amenities
$310,000.
4-bath duplex, furnished, all
$281,000.
baths, furnished, all amenities
$169,900.
ths $144,900.
baths, all amenities 577,500.
ath duplex, 73.27 ft. lot, all
$275,000.
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v nonages
ited on 50x130 lot with beach ac;ach
Just 555,900.
baths, furnished, all amenities
$128,500.
baths, furnished, all amenities,
5110,000.
ottages
ever rented, 1 Vi years old. Fur-car
garage, fireplace, contem
$140,000.
C/H/A, dishwasher, furnished
$138,500.
nished, all amenities. .$104,900.
>aths, furnished, all amenities
$117.900.
baths, furnished, all amenities
$127,500.
nsnca, an amenities... .597,500.
lrnished, all amenities.$125,000.
rway
baths, furnished, C/A, W/D
$134,500.
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hoops for you to jump through, there
' are variables as to what you can
; build in each town,
i Druid Roberson, building inspector
i for Ocean Isle Beach, pointed out an
I example of the differing rules. "On
Holden you can only cover 35 percent
of your lot and on Sunset, only 30 per
cent, while on Ocean Isle we allow 36
percent coverage," he said,
i "However," he went on, "we don't
let them build as big a house. They
can have only 36 percent of it as
heated area."
The differences arise from the fact
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Mainland
Cherrywood Subdivision, 3-BR, 2
High Meadows Estates, 3-BR, 2-t
Colonial Heights, Ash, Lots 50-2(
High Meadows Estates, Lot witl
deep
High Meadows Estates, Lots 2 an
High Meadows Estates, Lot 4, Se
Sea Breeze Estates, 3-BR, 2overlooking
waterway
Downtown Shallotte, 100 ft. on Y
Downtown Shallotte, approx. 24
next to Shallotte Electric
Mt. Pisgah Church Rd., 3-BR, 1f
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Oceanfr
883 Ocean Blvd. West
1053 Ocean Blvd. West
1135 Ocean Blvd. West, 58.75 ft.,
102 Ocean Blvd. East, 55.8 ft...
Holden Beach West, Lot 44, 104.
Holden Beach West, Lot 40, i in.
Second F
1162 Ocean Blvd. West
1134 Ocean Bivd. West
Canal
138 Tarpon Dr., septic tank ii
188 Sailfish Dr., canal/waterwaj
septic permit
111 Sword fish Dr., 75 Ft
!!! Raleigh St.. 1-HR septic tank
124 Fayetteville St !..
Dune
111 Frigate St
313 Sand Dune Lane, 4-BR septic
Connor l;. Cox, Broker In Charue
Anne I-inch 842-2917
Robert Moise 842-2115
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that Ocean Isle alone of the beach
communities has a sewer system.
Even there, 25 percent of the
residences, those on the East end.
still use septic tanks, Roberson said.
In playing the 'May 1?' game, then,
in one of these towns, you should consult
the individual building codes,
then begin the permit process outlined
above.
If all this is a little daunting, just
envision your finished product, your
very own home, designed especially
for you, and with your very own mortgage
and drawer full of paperwork!
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'.-bath doublewide 543.900.
lath home on 6.5 acres. $ 125,000.
X) ft. wide, per lot 53,500.
\\ 70 ft. marsh frontage. 210 ft.
57,700.
d 3 of Section 7 eachS6,000.
ction III 57,700.
baih warranted mobile home
$59,000.
Iwy. 17, water, sewer. .Si25,000.
8 ft. road frontage, per front ft
51 500
bath home on approx. 2 58 acres
565.000.
)avis Drive, per lot 55,555.
ont Lots
SI 24,500.
S124,500.
SI 34,500.
SI 25.000.
05 fl $205,000.
73 ft $224,000.
low Lots
$45,500.
$38,900.
I Lots
nstalled, new bulkhead, 50\I00
$55,(XX).
t combination, 50x150 lot. 4-HR
$75.(XX).
$62,500.
already on site $58,500
$58,000.
i Lots
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: tank permit $.? 1.500.
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