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I highly recommend NOT putting the house in the middle of the lot. Off setting the house allows for a future addition on one side.
You might not plan on adding onto the house, but a future homebuyer might find it attractive to have the potential to add onto the house.
My father had the forethought to do this when he built his last house. He forced the builder to push it as far as possible to one side of the property.
As a result, he had a huge expansive area on the other side of the house to put a large addition and a giant screened in porch.
Our house ended up being the most impressive in the neighborhood and sold almost as soon as it went onto the market.
Any possibility of adding to the house would have to go in the front or in the rear (or up, if needed). The house is 68' wide, going on a 130' wide lot. The length of the lot, however, is about 400'. We're somewhat limited in the directions we can move the house because of several factors I've already laid out in this thread. Here they are, just in case I left out a few:
1. house dimension VS lot dimensions
2. century-old oak trees in the middle of the lot (front to back)
3. need to leave room for a future pool behind the house, but mostly open to the sun
4. wife wants house to be closer to the street than to the rear of the lot
5. septic drainfield placement
6. side-entry garage
Four years, plus an additional 3 years with managing rental properties prior to getting my sales agent license. Property management is my full-time focus, now.
Any possibility of adding to the house would have to go in the front or in the rear (or up, if needed). The house is 68' wide, going on a 130' wide lot.
That's only true if your zoning codes require 30' from the edge of the house to the property line. A side screened in porch on the north or east is always nice.
Four years, plus an additional 3 years with managing rental properties prior to getting my sales agent license. Property management is my full-time focus, now.
That's only true if your zoning codes require 30' from the edge of the house to the property line. A side screened in porch on the north or east is always nice.
Have you been reading all the posts in this thread? I'm afraid you may have skipped over some information. I already stated the setbacks and the other reasons why it'll be positioned at/near the middle of the lot. Maybe I don't understand what you're saying, which is quite possible. (just ask my wife!)
While my father-in-law does own the lot in-between us and the trailer, they won't ever be living there.
Build the 4x4 fence at the edge of that property (the cost is minimal). and then have the garage facing that way. Thus it gives you room for the much needed turn ratio, the septic field, the pool and dont forget the tennis court too.
As to the 4x4 fence. Think simple. Think 2"x4" farm fence. Run 100' of it to block the site of the trailer. Supplies will be less than $400 plus a two man powered post hole digger.
Thanks for that suggestion, NeilVA. It's definitely on the list.
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