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Updated almost 6 years ago,

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Matthew Bailey
  • Wholesaler
  • Sunnyvale, CA
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If my setbacks leave 1,200 sqft, can I build a 1,200 sqft home?

Matthew Bailey
  • Wholesaler
  • Sunnyvale, CA
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Hey everyone, I'm a land investor so I buy and sell parcels of vacant land.  I'm looking at a small lot that has frontage on two streets.  The lot is about 5500 sqft.  I'm getting it in a package deal with a few other lots so even if it were worth $0 the deal still works for me.

My question has to do with "could someone build on this." Because it has frontage on two streets I have some substantial setbacks that restrict all but 1,200 square feet of the property (roughly 80x15ft).  The neighbors have clearly begun to sprawl and if I could sell it to them for 1k or 2k I'd be more than happy, it's that kind of lot.  I'm sure one of the neighbors will have some interest at those prices, and I can finance them to facilitate it.

So I'm just curious, I suppose you could build a little shotgun house on it right?  Can you put the foundation right up to the 15 ft boundary if you wanted to?  Also, FYI, you can't roll a tiny home on it (says the county) but you could probably build a tiny home sized home.

Anyway, like I said, this is just a bonus and my curiosity has me wondering what the end buyer could do with it.  I suppose it's not buildable, but it's also probably not exactly desirable.

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