nce you have purchased the up about 24 feet and if placed on
land on which to build your the side of the house, will only
new house, you are allow for a house about 16 feet
basically locked into the type of wide. This is not a common size
floor plan you can use. Unless for a ranch house.
the lot contains sufficient room
to allow a multitude of A so-called city ranch, that is a
possibilities, the size and shape one-level ranch style house with
of the lot will dictate the type the floor plans turned 90-degrees
of house you can build. are often built on this size lot,
but even with a depth of 16 feet,
Long thin lots may be acceptable is not considered large by most
for smaller homes or for those standard. A two-story colonial,
with more than one floor, but a or cape cod style home would be
long flat ranch house probably better suited to this size lot.
will offer a challenge. Remember
that most communities have If you have fallen in love with
certain rules concerning set-back floor plans for a house that will
and side buffers that will shrink require a half acre lot, then
the size of available building that is the minimum you should be
space. looking to buy. It never hurts to
have more land than needed on
Imagine a lot that is 60-feet which to build your house, but
wide and 100-feet deep, in an not having enough can be
area with a 20-foot set back troublesome. Always check local
requirement and a 10-foot building codes about requirements
required buffer. Your lot now has for space needed between the
an available building area of house and the boundary line.
70-feet deep and 40-feet wide. A Also, do not take the seller's
typical two-car garage will eat word for it as they may either
not know, or intentionally ="3545651507";
misinform you to make the sale.
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