Use commercial grade, black plastic fittings everywhere.My latest headache - leaking drain under 2nd floor shower.Luckily, it is not leaking into a ceiling.

A tenant will be much more forgiving of laminate countertops and builder grade finishes if the space is easy to clean.

In grade school I won a ticket to the Green Bay Packers at Milwaukee County Stadium.

The conditions of approval from the engineering department will most likely include some detail on what you will be required to provide.I can give you a ballpark price, assuming the grade is relatively flat, but need to know this info first.

Residential in Austin: Low End/Affordable is $65-75 per footMid-grade is $75-85/ftHigh end spec is $95-115/ftWe have a green building program.

I guess I was approaching this as, "appraisers place valuations on having xyz and then grade xyz by a quality score, to assign their value".

The builder required a construction loan so we closed before building began and now own the lot.The builder had just poured the foootings when we got a call from them saying that the county did not approve the final lot grading for the slope at the back of the property and as a result they would need to remove 5 feet from the back of the property to redo the slope.

This is just to bring it up to builder grade , not flip grade . 

The lower the grade (going from -C to D) the more labor intense it gets.

For a reference as to what I mean when I say F-class neighborhood check out The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods.