Construction tip: Tearing down all but one wall
Posted on Sunday, August 5th, 2007 at 10:41 pm.Here's a construction & permitting tip if you're planning on tearing down a home and building a new one in its place: In many jurisdictions, if you keep one wall, the project is considered a "renovation" instead of an entirely new construction, and therefore falls under different permitting guidelines - often much simpler & easier permitting guidelines!
Common search terms are "HUD-1", "Easement", "Foreclosure", etc.









December 7th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Very true! My neighbor left one wall and his chimney up and it was considered a renovation. My husband and I left 2 walls up…
December 12th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Hey Daniel,
Great and true tip. Have a good one.