Congrats Patty. What an accomplishment.
Me, too started a project when one of my neighbors squeeled on me doing some work in my yard (for being too noisy)a couple of months ago and the inspector saw the unfinished project I was doing. So after 12 years of nonprogress I was forced to get a permit as the inspector warned me that because if I don't get a permit I would get fined big and they'd put nasty signs outside for what I was doing.
I did not know that getting permit would be that easy (the last time I tried 12 years ago they required so many things that I had to comply with and I was not ready to do it) They eased the requirements this time and I paid a little over $500 for the permit VS $3,000+ as some people say. As for the permit the clerk from the planning dept said that I could do away with installing a heater if I changed the wording in my application to say Sunroom instead of living room.
So I am now in the process of installing the foundation. A guy is doing all the work reasonably.
Here's the sunroom I am trying to enclose
and here's the foundation we are trying to complete
but please don't cast judgment on electrical wiring. It is not done yet. No grounds, the wirings were just removed from the electrical box so we could drill the hole for the 12" anchors and I am doing the electrical wirings.