Turning a Single Family into a Duplex and Sub-metering

[Mason Jeffries]

I'm looking into buying a single family home and creating a basement apartment making it a duplex. Does anyone have any experience with sub-metering the utilities and creating a new address or adding unit numbers?

• Who do i go to in order to add unit numbers to the address? City/County? Post Office?
• Does the new unit need a dedicated electrical panel and meter from the power company?
• Does it need a separate air conditioner, Furnace, water heater, etc..?
• What can be sub-metered and what cannot?

Has anyone added a kitchen and bathroom in a basement, and if so, what did it cost to bring the water and drainage below in order to build it out?