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I was wondering if anyone has any experience that can assist my husband and I with a question.
We have a Levitt home in Levittown (nassau county) and we wanted to dormer the upstairs (front and back) and add a full 2 bedroom apartment (with a kitchen and bathroom).
We want to do everything legally. Our goal is to rent it out for a few years to get some addtional income to help out my husband's mother. Down the road, she may eventually move upstairs (but not now).
We are wondering if this should be zoned as a mother/daughter or a legal 2 family. Does anyone know tax implications for pros and cons for each.
We are going to get paperwork from the Town of Hempstead tomorrow, but I just wanted opinions from people with experience. We'eve never done construction before and we want to be well-informed before we hire an architect.
Thank you. Any comments and suggestions are welcomed.
It is also much easier to get a permit for a mother/daughter then it is for a full blown two family. But, it sounds like you are going to rent it out to someone other then your mother, initially, so legally what you should really be getting is an accessory apartment permit.
Thank you for the advice. My husband stopped by the town today (instead of tomorrow) to get paperwork before I read your post. I did look for accessory apartment permits on the Town of Hempstead website and there is no information on it at all as an option. They just have 2 family and mother/daughter permits. I guess we'll have to make another trip.
One other question. If there is no stove on the second floor and we rent it out to someone, is that still considered an illegal apartment. We really want to do things the right way, but the TOH according to my husband already seems unhelpful.
One other question. If there is no stove on the second floor and we rent it out to someone, is that still considered an illegal apartment. We really want to do things the right way, but the TOH according to my husband already seems unhelpful.
I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think that this would violate anything because it is akin to just renting out a room in your home. However, I would check with the town to be sure.
I was wondering what you wound up doing. I live in a Levitt in North Wantagh and I am facing the same dilemma. Were you able to obtain an accessary apartment permit or convert to a legal two? Was it very difficult?
I had a baby and took a year off from work, so financially we wouldn't be able to swing it right now. We don't want to rent it out (too many horror stories) so we decided to wait and see what our growing family needs and then do it right once. (Plus my MIL's health issues mean she can't move in with us.
It is definitely in our future plans, but it is on the backburner right now.
Thank you for the advice. My husband stopped by the town today (instead of tomorrow) to get paperwork before I read your post. I did look for accessory apartment permits on the Town of Hempstead website and there is no information on it at all as an option. They just have 2 family and mother/daughter permits. I guess we'll have to make another trip.
One other question. If there is no stove on the second floor and we rent it out to someone, is that still considered an illegal apartment. We really want to do things the right way, but the TOH according to my husband already seems unhelpful.
Even though you don't have a stove, if you have a sink and key lock access door knobs in other than the outside door(like a door going from your part of the house to the proposed apartment), they still can be considered illegal. Let me know how you make out as I am also looking into a mother/daughter conversion but still in the preliminary stage.
Hi,
I just bought a single family house and want to get a mother daughter permit to rent the other half. What is the procedure and docs required. Thanks
Every town is different. Start with your town building department.
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