Bryan Zayac
Residential Development Costs
16 January 2025 | 1 reply
Beyond the bedrock issue, soil conditions can be costly if the property has problematic soils such as too much silt, deep topsoil, or extensive wetlands.You'll also want to know what ordinances are going to affect your budget - things like tap fees, tree ordinances, storm water retention policies, etc.Bottom line is that you have to investigate ordinances, off-site conditions, and on-site conditions before you can even begin to budget your development.
Steven Barr
Buying Land from Courthouse Steps
1 January 2025 | 5 replies
They run my soil tests for me.
Mary Ainsworth
Watering Foundation in OKC?
5 January 2025 | 2 replies
Looks like you guys have a lot of port silt loam, which is NOT a very expansive soil.
Karen F.
LVP over very thin, hard carpet?
8 January 2025 | 3 replies
I don't think the LVP will feel right with carpet underneath and it's not a sound installation practice to have that buffer layer there.
AJ Wong
Ten Real Estate and Economic impacts of the LA Wildfires
16 January 2025 | 4 replies
The soil composition had to be tested and cleared before development could begin.
Moshe Greenberg
Heavy metal contamination - remediated
14 December 2024 | 1 reply
Why buy something that is new with active and confirmed contamination underneath it.
Alex Silang
A development company as a catalyst to drive owner occupancy in a "slum"
3 January 2025 | 2 replies
If you take this housing away from these people where do you intend to have them live; in the streets, underneath freeway overpasses?
Lauren Rangely
Foundation repair options
7 January 2025 | 5 replies
Going over maps of known repairs with contractors showed that there were a few houses where people tried to have piers installed and ran out of money before hitting stable soil, others in the hyper local area did have to go to 100+ ft.
Michael Kussin
Subdividing Land near Denver
31 December 2024 | 4 replies
Fire hydrants, sewer, water, road access, electric, flood way or plain, storm pond, storm sewer, setbacks, fencing, soil compaction, lot sizes, etc.3.
Fred Robertson
Pier & Beam Foundation Heaving
19 December 2024 | 3 replies
I'm thinking that repairing the plumbing leaks and getting the soil dried out could be a permanent solution.