All Forum Posts by: Jacob Jenkot

I am looking for recommendations for a trusted handy man to work on my duplex, as needed. Thank you in advance. 

-Jake

Yeah the city of aurora is pretty terrible. Good advice though! I’ll start with that

Awesome! Thank you for the advice. I’ll find a few plumbers in my area

Hello BP!

I am considering converting a detached garage to an ADU. Seems like I should be fine my the city, but they are pretty incompetent, that's another story though.

So the detached garage sits on the alley where the sewer runs. It’s an old building and sits on at least 8 inches of a concrete slab (what I have seen visually during some landscape work.)

The structure does not have plumbing, and I would want  plumbing roughed in for 1 bath, kitchen and washer. I am not sure exactly how to ask a plumber for this service, if a plumber even the correct person to call for this. Would I ask for plumbing rough in?

Also, I am thinking this will be my most expensive part of the project. Does anyone have a cost break down from a recent ADU conversion in the Denver area?

Thanks

Good morning,

I own an owner occupied duplex a block from Denver, in Aurora, CO. Two blocks from me are a few lots where they plan on building 51 single family, attached homes. 

The area I am in is lower income but in the process of gentrifying. My assumption is this development will be good for the property value and rent prices in the neighborhood. I am however on my first property and don’t know if this assumption is correct. Thoughts? 

Yeah, this is a house hacked duplex and that’s my problem is I’m not moving to a low COL area, so it’s sell high, but higher😂

Quote from @John Teachout:

My bag packing sales price would have to far exceed the market value because I have so much stuff I would be loathe to move. We have a large workshop on the property, a large detached garage, etc. The house was one we constructed and it serves our needs. So there would be factors involved other than the "value" of the property. Just two days ago, we sold a property we own in Florida because it wasn't fitting into our life right now and we probably sold it for less than we could have. So the answer to the question as to whether to sell or stay would be "it depends".

That’s totally fair, for me moving wouldn’t be hard, but to give up a duplex in this area, I’d need a well over market offer.  I’d use it to buy in an area I can raise a family one day.  

Congrats on the home sale though! That’s exciting 

The market in a lot of our areas is out of control right now. I'm in the Denver/Aurora area and I have been offered a shockingly high off market amount for my duplex. It is in an area that is about to see 5-10 million in new homes only blocks away, and the surrounding homes are ripe for gentrification. In the long run holding is the clear answer, but....what is your bag packing number? How do you figure that out?