Two houses ONE property, SUBDIVIDING QUESTION

[Jeff Wells]

We have a property we are looking into. It is zoned R1, but has 2 good size houses on it on about 1 acre. Emailed the agent about buying and splitting them up but she says she had a buyer check and says it CAN NOT BE SUBDIVIDED.

There's gotta be a way. Surely it can't just be that definitively NO, could it?

My questions are:

What reasons would it NOT be allowed to be subdivided? There is no good reason I see for it to be not allowed. It would look very normal.

Is there a way around this? Petitioning etc?

Has anyone done this?

I will be consulting an attorney to see. Because it would be a big score if we could. But you guys are a plethora of knowledge so I thought I'd run it by you tonight. Thanks BPers

[Will Barnard]

you need to speak with the zoning and planning commission in this area. There could be many reasons why it would not be allowed. Some areas have rules that lot sizes must be a minimum size for example. This is just one of many that could be possible. Go to the source and find out for sure.