These have proved to be essentially worthless - poorly designed code that does not organize or filter results correctly, and in many cases they have been scammed by the realtors and brokers listed because the page linked to does not correspond to what appeared in the list.

If you want to do a total gut job on a house, you are talking 8 weeks or more maybe plus a much more complicated project with permits and multiple subs etc, plus some design work.

This is usually just a smokescreen designed to con the landlord into thinking that they will take care of the property.

You need to know about flood plains, platting, topography mapping, road design, drainage design, water distribution systems and design, coordinate with utility companies, construction staking and final lot staking.You need to have an environemntal site assessment from a geotechnical firm, find out about any and all impact fees and permit fees, and possibly off site drainage improvements, off-site sanitary sewer extension, & on & off site water pressure measurements from the fire department to the hydrants.

The design of a hip roof severely limits the linear feet of ridge rent available.

We have a property which had been designed for the 'party crowd' in a party area.

Then you had Bill Clinton, George Bush, Barnie Frank, the Congressional Black Caucus, Chris Dodd and numerous other socialist idiots in Washington who promoted the Community Reinvestment Act, which was designed to promote "homeownership" for people who weren't credit worthy!

I currently own and operate a Landscape design, build, and maintenance company serving North Fulton.

They don't build the roads, run the utilities, do the subdivision permitting, handle the stormwater design, environmental issues, zoning, grading, or anything else that goes into building a residential subdvision.There is a huge amount of expense involved with getting a site "pad ready" for a builders like these and unfortunately there are no "rules of thumb" that are going to let you quickly estimate what this is going to cost.You have a lot of due diligence to do my friend before you go down this road.For starters,Is the land even zoned to build these single family homes on it?

They have apparently correct decision in all aspects of their design, price point, and the market sector to target.