Multiple Construction Questions

[Aaron Phillips]

Hello BP,

I’m still looking into property investment & development and had a couple questions to ask.

Q1.) When I have a home built. I was told the house foundation has to have a year to settle in before a basement can be built. Is this true? What happens if the basement is built during initial construction?

Q2.) If I were to have an apartment building built from the ground up (4+ units) would the land it’s being built on need to be zoned commercial or residential?

Looking forward to your responses.

[Frank Geiger]

Hey @Aaron Phillips,

1) Definitely not true. If you are talking about the concrete curing process, it's around 30 days for it to fully cure. 

2) You can type in the city name and zoning to look it up. I am not an expert on multifamily but I think what you're looking for is R3. A duplex is R2. Not sure if that stops at a 4 unit and another code picks up from there. You can always call and ask.