Can someone explain the appropriate use of the term "zero lot line" in the 1004.

[Tim The Enchanter]

It means an appraiser using a tape would have to go on the neighbor's property to get an exterior measurement on one wall.

Exactly.

Score one for the laser measurer on that wall.

 

[OCApp]

One of the advantages of a zero lot line (built up against one of the side lot lines) home here in southern Cal. is a large usable sideyard rather than two narrow unusable sideyards. A disadvantage is the kids next door may like to play dodgeball in their backyard or throw basketballs against the side of your home and you can't do a whole lot about it.

 

[Joyce Potts]

A zero lot line does not mean there is only a footprint. It can mean there are two average sized lots, but the houses are joined at the property line....like dividing a duplex up into two lots. The developers like to call them "Patio homes"...I like to Pz them off and call them duplexes...

You scare me. I hope I scare you.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

Sorry Joyce, but developers are such self-important fools I can't help myself. It's like in the Illiad when Odysseus whacked the hunchback with his staff just to listen to him yelp and his buddies laughed at the hapless victim of a cruel joke. It's nice to have the upper hand occasionally. I suffered builder after builder informing me that I "didn't understand" value because they managed to sell rapidly appreciating homes for more than the construction appraisal by the time it was finished. I took a heated phone call from one, plus a Realtor, plus the Realtor's son and the builders sister...and must admit when I saw his name hit the bankruptcy court, I shed no tears. But you! Never fear, I think you're a sweetie