Phases 3 & 4 Plat

This week I saw that the Phase 3 and Phase 4 Plat applications hit the Grove City Development Department. They are not approved yet, so there are just the Application and Plan Sheets available. I am surprised that these two were applied for so soon considering Phase 2 is only half sold out and Sub Area H has just started up and not selling yet. Either way, there are new documents to view on their pages. I will follow them along and see if they get approved and have more documents.

I also need to go through the other pages and see if there were any updated documents. I do not think I saw any, but I will double check. Our hole has started this past week, so we are exciting to get things moving along.

Grove City Food Waste Composting

The City of Grove City offers a food waste composting drop-off location through partner GoZERO Services (GoZERO). To take advantage of this service, take your food waste to the GoZERO containers located behind Brookpark Middle School at 2803 Southwest Blvd, Grove City, OH 43123. It is recommend to use BPI Certified liners such as these at Amazon.com.

Accepted Materials (Food Waste Only)

  • Meat
  • Small bones
  • Fruits and vegetables including beans, nuts, peels and cores
  • Dairy products including milk, yogurts and cheeses
  • Eggs including shells
  • Breads, grains, cereals and pastas
  • Sauces, condiments and syrups
  • Seasonings, herbs and spices
  • Sweets and candies
  • Coffee grounds

Not Accepted Materials

  • Yard waste including leaves, wood and stone
  • Pet waste
  • PLU/UPC stickers
  • Rubber bands, twine, twist ties or other bundling materials
  • Jars, wrappers, foil, bags, tubs, trays and other plastic or Styrofoam containers
  • Plastic bags and other non-compostable plastics including coatings and films
  • Metal including cans and aluminum foil
  • Glass
  • Healthcare products and medical waste
  • Electronics

You can find more information about this food waste composting service in Grove City on their website. Also do not forget that there is an electronics recycling drop-off available too. Let me know in the comments if you do use the service and your experience with it. We are not in Grove City yet, but we will use this when we move.

Subarea H Phase 1 Plat

This week the Grove City Development Department approved the Plat for Subarea H Phase 1 this week. I pulled together the documents that they created and put it on a page. I have a couple of other items that I need to get posted as blog items and a few more pages I have in mind. I also need to go back through the old pages and make sure that everything is consistent.

On a personal note, we are still waiting to hear when our lot will start work. It has been almost eight weeks since our design center appointment, so we are getting eager. We hope to hear something soon.

Grove City Electronics Recycling

For anyone new to Grove City moving to the Farmstead, the city of Grove City offers electronics recycling. There is an E-Waste Drop-Off located at the Jackson Township Administration Building, 3756 Hoover Road Grove City, OH 43123. There is a drop-off bin in the foyer and they are open between 8AM – 4PM during the work week.

Note that monitors and TVs are not allowed. These are the acceptable items:

  • Computers (desktop, tower, servers)
  • Laptops
  • Tablets and iPads/PDAs
  • Cell phones
  • Smart phones
  • Wireless routers/Cable modems
  • Network routers and switches
  • Chargers and cables (items listed above)
  • DVR
  • VCR
  • Dish and Direct TV receivers
  • Cable Boxes
  • Stereos (no speakers)
  • Computer components
  • Motors
  • Lead acid batteries
  • Wire

You can find more information about electronics recycling and other types of waste and recycling services offered in Grove City on their website.

Farmstead Grand Lease Part 2

Today was sign-up day for the Farmstead Grand Release of the Designer and Patio homes. The available Designer floorplans were: Avery, Blair, Calvin, Charles, Delaney, Foster, Grandin, Keaton, Miles, Redfield, Springfield, and Wyatt. The available Patio floorplans were: Amelia, Edenton, Kiawah, Maxwell, Wilmington, and Winthrop. The Avery is the model that we are picking.

We were able to get a sign-up slot, but not as great as we had hoped. Hopefully we will still get on of the lots we want. It will be an anxious few days until we get to see what is left for us. We officially go through the process on Saturday January 16th. We started this process in October and we are finally getting close to making this a done deal. I think we have been through the floorplans and different options 100s of times, looking over every possible detail. In the end it all should be worth it once we get what we want.

Finished Initial Pages

I have completed the pages that I wanted to build out. These pages are for the Development Plan for the overall development and then one specifically for Subarea H. I also pulled down all of the documents for the Plat on Phase 1 and Phase 2. Grove City has not provided the legislation yet for Phase 2 and I will keep looking for that.

The next page I want to work on is an archive and overview of the development from the Fischer website. This will have all of the available models and their initial prices so these can be tracked. I believe they will probably increase over the next year, but it will be interesting to see how much they do go up. I am not sure when I will get them completed, but hopefully I will get them done by next weekend. From there I will be able to tweak them. I have spent a ton of time already tweaking the four pages that exist and always trying to make them perfect.

Another page I want to eventually get to making is the available utility options. The streets have not been loaded into any databases yet. This means I have not been able to get a good idea of what internet services are available. I do have some preliminary information on what other utilities are used in the development.

I have also worked on getting this website into various search engines and also worked on optimizing the results. This should result in getting some traffic to this site especially as Phase 2 opens up and people will likely be searching more.

Updated Thoroughfare Map

I found this updated PDF thoroughfare map for Grove City. There will potentially be a stoplight at the east side of the development on Hawthorne Pkwy. This will be beneficial once more homes are built and the traffic starts to increase. It will be interesting to see if this does in fact get developed down the line.

Source: https://www.grovecityohio.gov/topic/proposed-grove-city-thoroughfare-map/

Phase 2 Grand Releases

It looks like Phase 2 is going to start the Grand Releases in January 2021. It looks like they will start with the Masterpiece Collection which includes these floorplans: Bayberry, Clay, Everett, Hayden, Keller, Leland, Marshall, Mitchell, Paxton, and Stanton. The sign-ups will go out on January 5th and the Grand Release is slated for January 9th.

The releases for Design and Patio models will go out later this month. We are looking forward to getting the process going!

Hello world!

The plan for this site is to document all of the plans for the new development by Fischer Homes of Farmstead in Grove City Ohio. We are planning to move into this development in 2021. I have been gathering a lot of information as we researched a place to build a house. The initial goal is mostly just so I have one place to collect all of the information and keep it for historical archival purposes after development is complete. The Development department of Grove City has done a lot of great work publishing these resources and I want to make sure they are still visible for a long time since I have no idea how long they will keep them published.

After that, who knows what this will become. Maybe it can be a resource for the community to use once more people have moved in. It should be a fun project regardless.