All Forum Posts by: Annunciata R.

Thank you for the response I am actually still within my 60days. I immediately notified the county who said they will fix it and email me within a few days. This was a wholly inaccurate statement, not only has she never got back to me but she didn't email me back either. After waiting two weeks we called again and the guy told us to still go and file for a reassessment but the website is incredibly buggy and not permitting us to complete certain fields online.

Thank you @K. Marie Poe I had not considered trying to get a download and mailing it off to them so I will try and do this today. Oh its not that one, but one of the 9 I purchased last year.

The problem is that it is on Laurel Canyon Blvd and very few sales and comparable. The lady had originally said to me get comps within a certain radius in the last 3 months but only large expensive houses are being sold in that area. Unfortunately I won't be able to physically go into the offices as I am in my London offices till after the reassessment period ends.

Due to an error made by my local county my lot was valued from $55K to $1.4M. The land was bought by a trust where I am the beneficiary, spoke to the relevant officials and they agree with the anomaly however they have not done anything about it. The property taxes will become due very soon and my only choice is to dispose it to myself for $1 as it has lost value due to extortionate taxes on the erroneous new value. I am just checking to see what the implications would be other than buying myself time for another year or so. Thanks

@Margo Roberts I do prefer to liaise with city officials myself but I was drawn to this architect when exploring steel construction techniques. I thought I would get their opinion of my design only to find that Tiny homes dont appear to be permitted structures.

Hopefully this will soon change as there is already a small lot subdivision ordinance that allows homes in the city of Los Angeles to be built on a lot as small as 600sf although this applies to R3 and not R1 zoned lots.

With 4 or 5 contiguous R1 lots in Hollywood Hills that cover approximately 1 acre and the new hillside ordinance already significantly reducing the size of a building that can be built on them I figured one way to go would be to cut the building size right down to a Tiny Home and start getting immediate returns on my property.

I was hoping the post would reach persons who have had their Tiny home designed permitted and built but seems like most are not sitting on permanent foundations. @Susan Vita good to see you are enjoying your tiny living space.

These are photos of my Architects structure. I really dont think they would have built it without permits if they new that they could pull the permits for it. My guess is that a change of use permit from shed/out building would be required. https://www.flickr.com/photos/armoryarts/7782554978/in/set-72157631054153848/

Have you considered online house plans? There are a lot that you can purchase online for a small fee. There may be similar for pricing materials but that may be harder to find as various stores retail materials at different prices.

On the contrary Jon Holman, I am not hung up on avoiding permits. If I was, I would ask Kenneth on more details on how something being in the middle of nowhere provides the exception to getting permits. Another issue I face is a Tiny home probably falls below the minimum size dwelling allowed.

The Los Angeles Architects office I spoke to last week suggested there were ways round this and that people were putting in permit application for a large building along with an assessory building. Erect the assessory building first and return to building safety and say they had ran out of money and could not build the main building. I am simply not sure if that is the route I would want to follow to ensure my structure is permitted from the onset.

Jon Klaus hospitality is something I am now seriously considering. Luke the trailer option is certainly there as a last resort but I am hoping for a permanent foundation. Sorry about not tagging everyone.

Im very amazed at the take on Tiny homes. It must be just me. Lets look at this a different way.

Assuming I was to buy someone else's "shed". Like the one up for sale at $1.795M. Assuming no permits were required to build this "shed", if I purchased it (regardless of whether it was a composting loo or hooked up to sewer, regardless of whether it was solar powered or hooked up to the grid) Could I rent my shed out, which didn't require permits to build, how could I get my $1.795M shed legal for sleeping purposes. I am aware of people living in all sorts of outbuildings but I just want to know what I need to get my shed to now be permitted to rent on airbnb

Thank you @Jeff Blanchard yes you have understood me correctly. Good to find someone else thinking out of the box , please can you confirm what "KOA" actually stands for. Thanks again

Kenneth im trying to avoid grading due to contours of my land so I designed a Tiny home to sit on a raised foundation. Spoke to my contractor he says minimum is 500sf in LA. Bryan I have not designed a shed. I never understand it when someone has nothing to contribute they feel a witty comment can help.

Im looking at the code and the legality of tiny homes.

You dont need a permit to build a one-story detached accessory buildings used as tool and storage sheds, playhouses and similar uses, provided the gross floor area does not exceed a set amount of square feet, the plate height does not exceed a set feet in height above the grade plane at any point, and the maximum roof projection does not exceed certain amount of inches.

If I built my Tiny home which did not require permits to observe the additional rules of Title 11 of the health homes code including the relevant cubic feed of air in the sleeping area, can I rent the home out?

If not how can I get a tiny home used for rental purposes. Is it simply a case of apply for a permit where ordinarily one would not have been needed?

Thank you in advance