Hi there,

I want to build a small (1000 sq.ft.)home on a TIGHT budget. I just want alot of open space, like a loft, but I’d also like HIGH ceilings, maybe slanted ceilings, plant shelves, inset lights or track lighting, maybe a couple of columns, etc. I’m told that a Type-V home is easy to get plans approved (the home will be in Los Angeles) and approvals can take over a year if the home is complex and the plans needs to be changed several times.

What cool stuff can and can’t be done to Type-V standards? I’ve got a Type-V sheet, but I don’t understand all the technical stuff. I’ll get a builder to do the real plans, but I’ve got to give him a starting point. Feel free to point me to books/web sites, etc., and through in some ideas!

Thanks!!
Hi there,

I want to design my own small (1000 sq.ft.)home on a TIGHT budget. I just want alot of open space, like a loft, but I’d also like HIGH ceilings, maybe slanted ceilings, plant shelves, inset lights or track lighting, maybe a couple of columns, etc. I’m told that a Type-V home is easy to get plans approved (the home will be in Los Angeles) and approvals can take over a year if the home is complex and the plans needs to be changed several times.

What cool stuff can and can’t be done to Type-V standards? I’ve got a Type-V sheet, but I don’t understand all the technical stuff. I’ll get a builder to do the real plans, but I’ve got to give him a starting point. Feel free to point me to books/web sites, etc., and through in some ideas!

Thanks!!

On December 13, 2006 a local home builder put 2 new houses across the street from me. They used an excavating company to dig a ditch and install a new sewer system in my Utility Right of Way by the road. They covered the pipes up and have not touched my property since. I told them I was going to sell my house in the Spring, and needed it fixed ASAP. Well since then, I have tried to contact them several times, called, stopped by their office and find out a time frame.
Still, I see them drive past and look at my property, but never stop or call. It is now April 3, and no sign of any work going to be done. I just received an estimate for 50 to have it repaired. Everyone who comes to look at my beautiful house for sale asks about the damage up front.
WHAT DO I DO? Is there a certain period of time they have to repair it? Do I take them to small claims court? I live in Ohio and it is now spring. Need help ASAP, my house is for sale and my property looks terrible.

Last November 2006 I signed an agreement with a home builder to build a house for me and my family in Laurel, MD

As part of the agreement, I deposited ,000 for the home + another ,000 for options. The contract stated that the home was to be ready by May 2007.

- In April, they told me it will be ready June
- In June they told me late July or early August
- Now they are telling me, they don’t know when it will be ready … that maybe the second quarter of next year.

They are still building the first house and they say it is the model and until they finish that one before they can start any other house.

My question is: Can he legally keep my deposit?

P/S: There is no clause that says he can keep my deposit. I have ready over the agreement several times and there is nothing.

I am supposed to be out of my condo by December, and I have a 6 month old son and a wife (who is still in college).

It took me over siz years to save this money…. Any good lawyers out there?
I did everything they asked for, the deposits, the loan approvals etc.

Now they are telling me I will have to forfeit my deposits.
The State is Maryland.
Laurel is the city in PG (Prince George’s) County