Septic Tank Miracle

Load of Drain Rock for Septic System

When we built our last house it cost us about $1,500 to put in a lagoon. That is like a large 40 x 40 foot swimming pool. Except you wouldn't want to go swimming in there! :o) Mind you, our dog sure did! She would come out all green from algae. The ground at our old house had too much clay to put in a regular septic tank.

Since that time regulations have changed and now the whole system has to be put in by special people and the cost is exhorbitant! We have heard horror stories of people buying land and being landed with quotes of $70,000!!

We were warned that we could expect ours to be between $15,000 and $30,000! We were a little concerned about this because we hadn't budgetted for that much. We actually made it a subject that we wouldn't buy the land unless it was under $10,000. I know that was low, but I felt a peace about that number. The people countered and told us we should expect it to be $15,000. I told Ray that I wasn't happy with that number and just didn't feel it was right.

The quote from the septic guys came in and sure enough the people were right - the lowest quote came in at $14,500. I was still not at peace with it. We did not remove our subject and just sat on it.

Then a few days later the septic guy called back and said he had just 'happened to find an ammendment' which made it possible to do our septic in another manner. This would cause our septic cost to be $8,500. Coincidence?? I don't think so!!! That is why I did not have any peace about the price! God is good - ALL the time *grin*.

Installing the Septic Tank