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Old 02-29-2012, 10:46 AM
 
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Hey Guys I am in Garden City and I want to convert my house to a mother daughter. I have a cape house a with a full finished basement. What are the procedure to do so? and it is easy? will it increase my taxes?

Thanks for your help
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Old 02-29-2012, 11:01 AM
 
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Hey Guys I am in Garden City and I want to convert my house to a mother daughter. I have a cape house a with a full finished basement. What are the procedure to do so? and it is easy? will it increase my taxes?

Thanks for your help
One of the things I learned about ordinances in GC while house hunting there was that for a basement to be compliant living space (C/O) you'll need at least an egress window. For a M/D I'd imagine a full egress, exterior stairs and fire door would be a minumum requirement.

Can't lend much to the required steps but it would involve applying for a permit and a permit might result in a status change to single family M/D (probably easier to accomplish than converting to a 'legal-two family). Good chance that either will lead to a re-assessment of the property.
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