Short answer: yes — more often than most people realize. A lot that was denied for a conventional septic system is not necessarily unbuildable. It means the county health department evaluated the soil and site conditions under the standard rules and couldn’t approve a gravity-fed trench system. But under North Carolina’s current regulatory framework —...
When buying land, it is very important to determine septic suitability while in the due diligence phase. We receive calls and inquiries often from individuals who have been denied by the county or have land that seems to be unsuitable for any kind of septic. To avoid risk in land purchasing, taking the time to...
An update on North Carolina Private Septic System Options: North Carolina has recently passed two new avenues for obtaining an expedited septic permit. The first option is Session Law 2022-11. Click here to view the State’s guidance document and/or legislation. This is truly ground breaking legislation as it allows the North Carolina Licensed Soil Scientist...
Are you in the process of purchasing land in Western North Carolina? Or are you in the due diligence process? Perhaps you already own land and are looking into getting your building permits to build a new residential home or a larger commercial project? Does the property in question not have access to a municipal...
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What a professional and trusted company Land Resource Management is to work with! We were new to raw land development and knew nothing about septic systems, how they work or that there were different types. So, we went to the county to get a permit and they came out, dug about 4-5 pits and said, yes, we...
The Asheville, North Carolina real estate market continues to be hot. This lends itself to very busy times for the area’s architects, engineers, surveyors, builders, and soil scientists. Land Resource Management (LRM) continues to ride the churning real estate wave throughout Western North Carolina. Below is a recent success story from one of our architectural clients. This...
To understand what we do best is to understand what we are first. We are Soil Scientist. We don’t wear lab coats or stand over microscopes in a stuffy lab. Our lab coats look like jeans and flannels while our lab is the great outdoors of western NC and upstate SC. A soil scientist is a...
A percolation test, or “perk” test consists of digging one or more holes in the soil of the proposed septic drainfield to a specified depth, presoaking the holes, then running the test by filling the holes to a specific level and timing the drop of the water level as the water percolates into the surrounding soil....
Land Resource Management thrives and survives on successful real estate transactions. Whether we’re consulting with a landowner on how to best develop their land parcel, or overseeing and executing a wastewater system for a recently purchased property, we’re all about facilitating successful real estate transactions for our customers. Below is some recent customer feedback we received from two clients...
