Help in subdivide land,how many houses and type of floor plane.

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Help in subdivide land,how many houses and type of floor plane.

Tarek Soliman
Investor · Austin , TX · Member since 2015 · 37 posts · 5 votes

Hello Bigger Pocket community (the best real estate community)

I some guidelines  for the necessary steps and rough estimate to subdivide and decide what floor plane fits in this lot.

I am planning to purchase a land of 1.65 acres fill in , (in the city limit)  ( electric and water, sewer) . The zoning would be as following as in the attached picture.

Dimension of the lot:

175.35

399.9

260.55

Since that will be my first time to develop a land, I am looking to figure out what are the proper steps subdivide this land and how many houses would fit in this land with minimum lot of 10,000 Square foot and minimum dwelling of 1600 Sq foot. The requirement in the attached picture.

Here is what I know:

  • 1- Title search
  • 2-Purchase the land
  • 3-Design the subdivision. Hire a developer or civil engineer to design the property. (What expected cost?
  • 4-Survey the property. (Cost?)
  • 5-Submit your application to the proper government agencies

The most important question to me is how many houses would fit into 1.65 acres according requirement and what kind of floor plane?

I found some website can help me not sure if I am doing it right or not, in addition that I Am not able to find a website to help in the type of floor plane.

Pleas if you know a good web site to help me how fit a floor plane into this lot would be great.

Or preferable tell me your personal experience how to calculate it

Thank you

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  • Paul Sofia
    Lender · Charlotte, NC · Member since 2016 · 374 posts · 172 votes
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    I would suggest your first step would be planning and zoning  to see what is allowed.

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  • Jim Adrian
    Architect · Papillion, NE · Member since 2015 · 1k+ posts · 840 votes
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    @Tarek Soliman 

    Is your lot really triangular based on the 3 dimensions provided?    It looks like you have just under ~72,000 sq ft of land to play with.  What dimension is your street front length as this will dictate how many lots?  If you need 80' street front per lot, you are looking at 2, 3 or 5 lots based dimensions provided.    A lot will depend on the floor plan arrangement, narrow front vs wide front.     I would start with developer or an architect to help layout something.  Developer may have civil engineers on staff.  At some point will need a survey of the land.  The county assessor should a basic plot map with dimension on there website to get you started on the shape of the land.

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  • Mike Wood
    Developer · New Orleans, LA · Member since 2015 · 1k+ posts · 898 votes
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    @Tarek Soliman I agree with what @Jim Adrian is saying. 

    Given what you have posted, the maximum number of lots based on the area (1.65 acres) is seven, but I doubt you can do that.  You will most likely be limited to the minimum frontage dimensions of 80ft per lot (with a minimum depth of 120ft).  

    You can layout the size of the land on graph paper and start drawing in the required min. lot sizes.  For me I would use CAD, but its not required.  If the lot is very deep (399.9ft), you might have to think about developing a road if allowed to access all of the land to maximize the number of lots.

    On a 10,000ft2 lot (min 80'x120') and the area regulations posted, you could put up a 4875 ft2 slab (house plus porches, garages, etc).  That would be a a decent size house, likely around 3000 ft2 or more.

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  • Tarek Soliman
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    Investor · Austin , TX · Member since 2015 · 37 posts · 5 votes
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    thank you @Paul sofia and @jim Adrian 

    the map not providing the fourth demntion but yes its 4 sides and it looks that fourth side is the same 399.9 Sq ft. if I am assuming each parcel 10,000 sq ft and the total is about 71874, so its about 5-7 houses. I am not sure is this true or not.  I am trying to build more houses as much as i can for the investment, mostly rent out out 

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  • Tarek Soliman
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    Investor · Austin , TX · Member since 2015 · 37 posts · 5 votes
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    thank you @Mike wood

    here is the map and all the requirement

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  • Jim Adrian
    Architect · Papillion, NE · Member since 2015 · 1k+ posts · 840 votes
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    @Tarek Soliman

    You can only have 5 lots on this parcel due to 80' wide street frontage (item A,1).   400' / 80' = 5 lots.   Now you are looking at 80' W x 150' D (minimum).  This is to the fence at the street side; the line with "x's" in it. Adjusted for the curve in the road.  The fence looks to be about 25' back from the corner on the 175' north side.  Now its a game of tetris of how the floor plan fits the side and working the drive way locations. 

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  • Tarek Soliman
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    Investor · Austin , TX · Member since 2015 · 37 posts · 5 votes
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    thank you  @Jim Adrian Lets assume it's 5 lots, the bigger question is the layout and floor plane  for those  house. lets keep in mind it's buy and hold houses only for rent, i might sell them after 5 years. that means I am trying to be build moderate house for rent nothing really fancy.  I found website like eplane.com  has some floor planes. but which model you think would fit. on other word, what are the charities will dominate the floor plane for those lot. 

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  • Jim Adrian
    Architect · Papillion, NE · Member since 2015 · 1k+ posts · 840 votes
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    Which plan do I like or would fit this site... is a loaded question. Do you have HOA requirements for what style of houses that can be built? What is the topography of site, flat vs hilly? Ranch or walkout basement style house? What does the rest of the development look like? How many bedrooms? Finish quality range? How much do you want to spend? These are just a few of the questions that come to mind. There is nothing wrong with using a plan website, though I have no experience with them and they exist for a reason. This where you need to hire a builder, architect or someone with vested interest to start working the details of your project. With a blank slate leaves you with a lot of options! I think you could have 3 br on the smallest site and a 5 br on the largest lot.

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