I am thinking of getting an architect to point out the potential issues (and maybe have the seller pay for the architect or not)  or simply get out of the deal based on uncertainty and lose my inspection money (and amount of time already invested).The numbers do work on this property pretty well as long as I am not paying for all this headache to legalize it (hence I would have to delegate the fees OR work to the seller )Please advise on this issue

I'm an architect living in San Diego California, working on mostly new and remodeled SFH's.

I'm also an architect -- my primary job and we specialize in affordable homes and 90% of our clients do business that involves govt. tax credits, HUD red tape etc.

For house designs, my coworker is an architect who ran a custom home building company for 10 years.

Glenn - We hired an architect and worked with him to come up with the floor plan and exterior elevations.

- And what about the fact that my architect says that stairs only count towards the square footage of one level?

Hi Folks,I am new to this forum and was wondering if anyone can point me to an architect and structural engineer in the Bay Area (Danville, San Ramon, Pleasanton, Walnut Creeek) vicinity.Thanks, Obaid.

I think you could work with a really good custom builder and architect to design something that is reconstructable for the season.

I am assembling a team and interviewing general contractors and architects  now.

I hired an architect and an engineer who had experience dealing with this (right across the street in fact) but for some reason they can't seem to work together on this one to solve the cities issues.