Kenneth im trying to avoid grading due to contours of my land so I designed a Tiny home to sit on a raised foundation.

The following standard easement notes shall be included on the final plat.a) ERECTION OF STRUCTURES PROHIBITED: Grantor shall not erect any structure over or within the Easement Area without obtaining the prior written consent of the City Engineer, provided however grantor shall have the right to place and maintain a surfaced roadway over and within the Easement Area.b) CHANGE OF GRADE PROHIBITED: Grantor shall not change the grade, elevation or contour of any part of the Easement Area without obtaining the prior written consent of the City Engineer.c) RIGHT OF ACCESS: City shall have the right of access to the Easement Area and have all right of ingress and egress reasonably necessary for the use and enjoyment of the Easement Area as herein described.d) REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT: The cost of removal and replacement of any unauthorizedimprovement or structures within the Easement Area, necessitated by the exercise of the rights under this easement, shall be borne by the Grantor or their successors or assigns.e) SURFACE RESTORATION: City’s liability to restore the surface within the Easement Area shall be limited only to grading and seeding, and replacement of grantors surfaced roadway.f) DUTY TO REPAIR: City agrees that any drain tile, drive or access way, fence, or yard or other improvements outside of the Easement Area which may be damaged as a result of any entry made through an exercise of the City’s right of access shall be repaired at no expense to Grantor.g) EASEMENT RUNS WITH LAND: This easement shall be deemed to run with the land and shall be binding on Grantor and on Grantor’s successors and assigns.h) GRANTOR RESERVATION: Grantor reserves the right to use the Easement Area for other purposes provided however these purposes shall not interfere with grantees use of the Easement Area under the rights of this agreement.d.

Intentionally want varying sizes, cost, shapes, contours, views, trees and water for different customers.9 to 10 lots is our breakeven so 19 is good.  

If you're using carpet, the tight fit that follows the contour under the bullnose is called a Hollywood style, the more loose fitting installation where the carpet rolls from bullnose to the next tread is called a Waterfall style.

The luxury vinyl plank was around $4/sq ft, the Lowe's planks were much cheaper...but I can't remember how much.Both of these houses are crawl space and the planks are very flexible so they contour to the slightly uneven floor.  

They modified the natural contour by building  a parking pad.

It's a 5yr ARM w/ 20 Year Amortization, which obviously contours my numbers quite a bit.

The rational I used to make this decision was 1) I would most likely need to do some grading with any of the other options I was looking at, 2) it was the most cost effective option, 3) I found someone that was relatively confident they could do the work with the intended result by contouring the yard in a way that would direct water back to the driveway and out to the street and not onto neighbor's yards, and 4) the city stated this was all they would need to mark that finding as complete in their files and issue my landlord license.So how did it work? 

Trim the bottom to match the contour of the ground.

Thanks for mentioning LEED it's been in the back of my mind , I've been doing commercial interiors to LEED standards for at least 8 or 9 years now and haven't made an organized effort to contour my existing planset to specs.