Syed ( Sid) Farhan | 17 May, 2020
In the past 25 years, I have seen traffic and congestion grow in the Bay Area. Being a Real Estate Broker all these years, I have had numerous buyers who can afford to buy multi million dollar houses and many who just cannot. Either they cannot afford to buy, they will not qualify for a
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Syed ( Sid) Farhan | 20 Oct, 2019
As housing costs soar, New California laws make it easy for Home owners to add a Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) to their Single Family Homes. You can call it (ADU) Granny Unit, or in-law unit or a rental. These are getting very popular in the Bay Area, as you can get extra rental income, or
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Syed ( Sid) Farhan | 12 Oct, 2019
This is a cost that one should consider while estimating the cost of construction of an ADU or any construction, find out what the school impact fee is. Most cities have this fee. School Impact fee in the City of Fremont is $4,.91 per square foot and is applicable on all additions or ADUs that
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Syed ( Sid) Farhan | 21 Sep, 2019
One of the major benefits of ordering a Manufactured, Pre Fabricated house is that the major vertical costs are predetermined . In traditional stick built housing , people have complained for ages, that housing costs are difficult to predetermine, well that is not the case with Manufactured house. The cost of the house is settled,
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Syed ( Sid) Farhan | 23 Aug, 2019
Pre fabricated Manufactured homes are built inside the factory, once completed, they need to be brought to the site where the house needs to be built. After completion sections of the house are wrapped in plastic and brought to the site thru freeways. Special permission is required from highway patrol and sometimes if the load
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Syed ( Sid) Farhan | 22 Aug, 2019
The county Assessor assesses the value of the added ADU ( Additional Dwelling Units) If you use the conventional methods of stick built homes, the cost is almost $350 per square foot for the same quality of work , The county assessor will assess the property high. But if you use a pre fabricated house
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Syed ( Sid) Farhan | 03 Apr, 2019
Okay, so now you have determined that you would like to put an ADU in your backyard, you already know that ADU means an Additional Dwelling Unit. Due to the housing crisis California has loosened the laws on making the ADU’s but still each city has it’s own measures, just to get started somewhere, we
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