Everything Costs More Than You Think It Will - Murphy # 6

Today I picked up the approved building permit at Des Peres city hall.  There was the usual $1,000.00 deposit that goes along with doing almost any official business with the city.  If everything goes well, I'll get that back when the house is built.  Then there was the almost $50.00 per liner foot of street frontage assessment that goes into the Des Peres capital fund for road replacement. I have 100 feet of street frontage.  You do the math, it's too painful for me.