All Forum Posts by: Joao Pedro Sudati Arduin

Quote from @Peter Mckernan:

Quote from @Joao Pedro Sudati Arduin:

Good evening! Any suggestion of books or posts where I could obtain knowledge needed to evaluate feasibility of converting single family residences into duplex? Specifically talking about Orange County. Thanks!

What are you looking to do on the SFR? An actual ADU or SFR to duplex? You will have to get entitlements changed (zoning changed), unless you are already on a 2-4 family zoning lot, or within an area that has that around it. You will have to go through that process with the city. May take you 2-4 months or 6-12 months to get that approved then starts the process of permits for building approval (same timeline), and then you will start build which will be about 6-8 months or less depending on size etc.

The hardest thing will be zoning regs for the city and change, and Orange County cities will be harder than lets say a city way out on the east end of San Bernardino County. 

Thanks everyone for the inputs!
Peter, replying to your message my idea is to house hack. Buy a property, live in it and rent the remaining areas (ideally more than one unit). I was looking for properties and realized that price difference between 2000sf home and 1000sf home is not that much in OC (keeping a range of 15-20min from ocean) since the land is the most expensive part of the equation.
Would make sense to buy a 2000sf home with the right layout, split in half (one sharable wall) and build a second kitchen? That was the reason for the initial question.
Regarding the issues you mentioned with permitting. I guess the plan above could work, but would be beat to apply permit for ADU and not duplex, correct?

thanks!

Good evening! Any suggestion of books or posts where I could obtain knowledge needed to evaluate feasibility of converting single family residences into duplex? Specifically talking about Orange County. Thanks!