That’s going to be a prime location (not that it isn’t already) with 301 across the street and eventually the residential phase of that project.
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697 a month for condo ass, that is way to much for ass.
@ADUsSomeday I think you said this is a triplex right? The building has been demolished. 909 East Martin I believe.
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Yep! It was a triplex. Triplexes and Duplexes have been dropping like flies each year.
As of today’s prices. Thats almost $700k in OSB.
On a serious note, anyone know the plan - couldnt find anything from CoR? Its a deep lot.
Easily, or two $500k+ row homes. I’m guessing since 3 units were here before, they wouldn’t need to rezone to build 3 units.
You would be surpised at how often it does not work like that. Back in the 80s and 90s areas like this were very afraid of slumlords making things into plexes so down zoned a lot of it. Often times you cannot rebuild at the same density level. Which you can see making since back then, but not leads to most new stuff being expensive SFH or maybe townhomes. Looking at changes over the last 10 years, sometimes a duplex gets replaced with 2 SFHs, but most often its just one. And, I have never seen a triplex replaced by 3 units.
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Here is thread on dying duplexes form 2019 data https://twitter.com/JWDemby/status/1156704551203942401
From a building code perspective, those old duplexes or triplexes probably don’t meet the current standards, especially in terms of fire wall between units.
It’s kind of sad they go away, probably because most of them were rented out and not well taken care of.
I wonder if the city could do something by not allowing to rebuild at a lower density or something like that…
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The home on Walser Pl or Camden St is coming along quickly. What I thought was going to be a stand alone garage appears to be an ADU at about 400-500 square feet. Someone remind me the rules for ADUs, you can build one on new projects, but cannot at existing homes? Or did they remove all restrictions surrounding ADUs?
This is very close to the gravel road back here.
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The rules are based in lots size and set back, so you can build them on any lot now as long as some percentage of the property is not covered by impervious surface and if the ADU is set back certain distances from the lots line.
The old rule was that you had to get 10 acres of neighbors to request and overlay to then be able to build one at all. ← one of the silliest things the old council did.
There has never been an old vs new build. I don’t think that is actually a thing, lots are just zoned for whatever they are. The only instance were something might be different is if the existing building is a higher density than what the lot is currently zoned for, then if you tear down you cant build back the same.
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Just spotted renderings of 909 E Martin on Zillow
Design-wise I find it intriguing. I can’t believe they could potentially squeeze 1.65M out of a 12,500 sqft lot.
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Wow. Thanks for the share. That does look tight as I live very close by and just can’t see it. They are doing foundation work as we speak so we should get an idea of it soon.
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Well, there goes someone smashing the local duplex narrative! I’m curious how large each unit is, because over $800K each ain’t chicken feed. Unlike most of the similarly designed townhouse projects out there, this is just 2 stories and a roofdeck instead of 3 stories and roofdeck.
That said, photo 7 of listing kills me. Look at our lovely parking garage downtown. LOL.
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That’s pretty bad and horrible marketing if you ask me. Of all the pictures they could have taken/posted, they chose one of a whirlygig with a parking deck backdrop.
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And the closed storefronts and vacant streets, horrible marketing.
I finally got together another blog post on an area ITB. This one is on the College Park area. I still need to go through and do some good proof readings, but I like to publish here first for feedback.
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Good info, thanks. The ones on Swain and Moseley (Hungry Neck) were in the city’s affordable phase before the Cooke St. homes were built. The mustard and ketchup home on the corner of Jones and Swain was one of the ‘market’ homes sold by the city from that phase. You’re correct about that one on Seawell.
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Thanks! That data on these is not in the places I usually look.
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