Build on burned home foundation.

[Justin Haberman]

We have found a vacant lot that we have mailed the owner to offer to purchase.  It appears that there was a fire and the foundation remains. Has anyone ever purchased a property like this? I'm assuming you would need an engineer to sign off on the foundation to build however, would there be any issues with cleanup, soil testing, anything like that?  Any insight on this would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks,

Justin

[Tim Johnson]

I have done it,  Its was honestly more work to do it that way.  You have to get plans made to fit the foundation so you kind of limited to the old house design.

I would say its easier, quicker to just knock the old one out and start over, plus you can then build whatever you want