Handling Mail on a Converted SFH to Duplex

Tucson, AZ · Member since 2020 · 14 posts · 5 votes

We recently converted our single family home to make part of it a separated unit that we are in the process of renting, while my wife and I live in the other half of the house. Since we only have one address, as this is technically not a duplex, how do people handling the other unit receiving mail or packages?

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Jacob Hornberger

Real Estate Agent · Tipp City, OH · Member since 2018 · 65 posts · 35 votes

Did you have all of the required work permitted? You may have to go to the county you live in to have it rezoned to multi family if not already. After that I would think you could set up a separate address.

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Jacob Hornberger
Real Estate Agent · Tipp City, OH · Member since 2018 · 65 posts · 35 votes
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Did you have all of the required work permitted? You may have to go to the county you live in to have it rezoned to multi family if not already. After that I would think you could set up a separate address.
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Tanner PileBusiness Member
Real Estate Broker · Colorado Springs, CO · Member since 2019 · 389 posts · 326 votes
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@Samuel Williams
You could also make A or B units and properly label them to help the people dropping off mail. Ideally creating a new address is the best route to go.
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Samuel Williams
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Tucson, AZ · Member since 2020 · 14 posts · 5 votes
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@Jacob Hornberger we didn’t change the physical layout of our house (roofing/walls), but we did change it so that two rooms and a bathroom have been separated and changed to it’s own apartment space. Not sure if that would qualify to make this a now duplex? Also curious what the implications of changing this property from a sfh to an official duplex would be? Instead of just keeping it a sfh with a “mother in law suite”.
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Josh YoungPro Member
Rental Property Investor / REALTOR® / Property Manager · Gilbert, AZ · Member since 2023 · 385 posts · 421 votes
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Quote from @Samuel Williams:

@Jacob Hornberger we didn’t change the physical layout of our house (roofing/walls), but we did change it so that two rooms and a bathroom have been separated and changed to it’s own apartment space. Not sure if that would qualify to make this a now duplex? Also curious what the implications of changing this property from a sfh to an official duplex would be? Instead of just keeping it a sfh with a “mother in law suite”.

When I was just out of college I was a renter of a mother in law type above the garage apartment. I had the same address as my landlords (a nice older couple) and they just put a very basic wall mounted mailbox next to my exterior door and my landlord would just separate out my mail and drop it in my mailbox. It worked great.
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Samuel Williams
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Tucson, AZ · Member since 2020 · 14 posts · 5 votes
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@Josh Young yeah I think that is the route we are looking to take too, thanks for the input!
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Jennifer Moraski
Leavenworth, WA · Member since 2019 · 35 posts · 21 votes
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Did you pull permits and have a certificate of occupancy from your municipality? If so, then they likely have a form to fill out requesting a new address. If you didn’t, then it’s non permitted use and you may run into issues not just with mail, but also think about emergencies and if there’s no address then it will be more difficult to locate anyone in the property. Not to mention trying to sell the property. It may be cheaper and faster now not to permit, but long term it will serve you and your tenants to have it permitted and with a legal address.
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