All Forum Posts by: Manolo D.

Leo Alzaga Rule of thumb is 2+1. So answer is 3, depending on room size and septic capacity. This is subject to city building code and fair housing laws. Contact your fair housing committee instead of relying on forums and opinions from others. This is CA, everything is different from somewhere else.

LOL. Funny thought.

Brandon Hayes Around $50/sf to $400/sf.

Adrian Jones You are responsible to put the house back to code unless the city will say that it is grandfathered, yours is a great example: a non-habitable space converted into a habitable space that has no permit means that you are responsible to convert that back or get the permit for it, meaning prove to the city bldg and safety that the space is safe to live in, remember that everything is tied to a code, there is slim to none chance of that having approved but the possibility of approval is there. If there is open permits, consider closing it as well.

Paula D. No you aren’t titled to anything, except the deposit back, that’s it. You said after one year it turns month to month, so at the end of the current month, new owner can send you 60 days and collect rent for that 60 days. It will be very cheap for the new owner to do so. If I was the new OR old owner I would not offer anything except the notice. Double deposit plus 2 months rent is heaven that fell in your lap, that’s free money! Take it! PS, not a landlord but even in rent controlled area, month to month can still be served the notice, the control is about the rate not the notice timeline.

Steven Mitchell We do, we can eat up to 50k without billing. But what protects us from you or any other financial institution you work with? I mean, if we deal with say a corporate company like Hilton, we know they are professionals in dealing with contractors, pay them when bills are due, understand what a change order is, and all that good stuff; so basically we speak the same language. Now how do we know that YOU get our terms, lingo, and standards? I’d agree with bonds, that’s a 5% premium but you have full recourse. But of course, if your guy with a truck and tools give a quote of 30k, don’t expect a 30k bid from a bonded contractor. With bonds, we get 10k from you, and we don’t show up, call our bond company and get your 10k back, takes a little time to get it but you will.

Victor Argueta Don’t they pass it on to a 3rd party reviewer? That usually requires 2 rounds of correction. initial subm, 1st corr, final/partial approval?

Liam Sterbinsky Search Self-sufficiency rule, and do your research. I don’t see any issues where you couldn’t do a househack in orange, start with what you can afford, a duplex, show cash flow and experience, a couple years, swap to 4-plex.

Cynthia Hartley Contractor shall be responsible to pull and close necessary permits as needed to implement this contract. Cost of the permit shall be bourne by the contractor. Any work done by the contractor without permits shall be subject to refund in full plus contractor will pay any costs that will arise in the correction thereof. It seems to me that he is not licensed if he could not pull their own permit. $800 will be the cost of a favor from someone licensed to pull the permit. I would say that your hired contractor is not legit at best.

Amy Hu Help your contractor to push utility schedule up. You as the homeowner have the ability to call utility companies to fastrack their schedule, some utility companies are really slow though. Penalties are great in this situation, then again, we don’t know the whole story. Why would an apartment renovation take 6 months? How many units are there? 200?