I've rehabbed 150+ houses in various areas and it was the only place I ever had buyers complain that our scope of work was too incomplete -- things like not replacing ten year old roofs and sidewalks having small cracks.  

We pride ourselves on a very fast 5-7 day delivery into the home, not sidewalk delivery.We will measure, design, and submit a proposal at no charge to you, and we don't look at customers as customers part as a partner in a win/win partnership.

Exterior will include two deck additions, demo and redo of concrete drive, patio and sidewalks. 18 x 20 garage to be finished as studio and include addition of 1/2 bath.

Do your due diligence on the infrastructure cost to bring in curb, gutter, sidewalk, water, sewer and utilities if they aren't currently there, as this isn't cheap. 

As much and as long as I have been around the restaurant business, it is easier to dig a ditch in a concrete sidewalk than make a restaurant successful.As Joel pointed out, the number of factors that can eat up any profit is a very long list.

Did I mention, it was very protective of it's territory and as a result had the ability to fire-hose his markings throughout the entire baseboards and sheet-rock of the entire house.Several weeks later, they moved out in one evening, which was the last night before their things would be left on the sidewalk.

As soon as you start creating more then the expensive requirements kick in - things like sidewalks, utilities to lot lines, green space areas, etc.

If you look at areas like Miami Beach where they’re spending hundreds of millions on new sea walls and pump stations and raising sidewalks in order to better prepare for bigger storms, that money has to come from somewhere and it will come from issuing bonds and increasing taxes which I’ve read are expected to more than quadruple in the next decade in many low-lying areas along the coasts.

The basement already has a separate entrance that is accessible from the sidewalk.

Once they get the roofing on, landscaping in, sidewalks, etc. it will soften up the look, and be beautiful.