Start with the home you need to run.

Give your designers and installers a clear starting brief: who will use the home, when it will be occupied, what you are building or changing, and which systems must operate independently.

Plan builder

Describe the project in four decisions.

Create a brief to take to designers, installers and approval offices. Add your site plan, measured loads and household water demand as those details become available.

Use the brief to begin the design discussion

Add the parcel number, location and a simple site sketch to your brief. Keep a dated copy: changing from a weekend cabin to a permanent home, or from a manufactured home to an RV, can change the questions you need answered.

Choose the next step for your project

Ready to build or install: use the build-planning guide to coordinate the site, assign contractor responsibilities and establish the inspection and handover sequence.
Undeveloped land: use the land-buying guide to check the intended use, access and the combined water, wastewater and dwelling layout before committing to final designs.
An existing home: use the inspection guide to compare approved records, installed equipment and present condition with the way you intend to live.
A dwelling you want to move onto land: use the dwelling classification guide to assemble the manufacturer's documents and confirm the placement path before paying a deposit.

Turn a reply into the next action

“Contact environmental health” is a referral, not an answer about the site's wastewater capacity. Record the referred office, the question it needs to decide and the information it needs from you. Keep following the question until you have a documented answer, an identified condition or a clear unresolved issue.

Start with the records-request template and evidence log. The state guide helps identify authorities; the checklist keeps the remaining questions visible.