Hi {{first_name}},

{{shortlist_lot_1_situs}}: what the county record says before you offer

Your shortlist lot at {{shortlist_lot_1_situs}} is {{shortlist_lot_1_acres}} acres, sits in flood zone {{flood_zone}}, and has {{nearest_permits_1mi}} permits pulled within a mile, and the box below has the rest; before any offer you also check seven things, in this order, before any offer goes in: access, flood zone, water, sewer or septic, setbacks and deed restrictions, the plat, and what the county has on record next door.

Skip one and it usually turns into a line item on the builder's contract later. Here is what each one tells you.

1. Access. Is the lot on a public road, or on an easement you have to prove?
2. Flood zone. Covered in Email 7. Look it up first, because it changes the pad height and the insurance.
3. Water. City or MUD line at the street, a water supply corporation, or a well.
4. Sewer or septic. A sewer tap at the lot line is one decision. A septic system is another.
5. Setbacks and deed restrictions. Minimum house size, materials and outbuildings can rule out the plan you wanted.
6. The plat. Easements and building lines are drawn on it, and they decide where the house can sit.
7. Nearby permits. Who is building around the lot tells you what the area is turning into.

Builder Connect holds county parcel data on every vacant residential lot in Montgomery County, 60,328 of them on the current appraisal roll. When a lot goes on your shortlist, we pull the record before we walk it.

Reply with an address you are considering and we will send you the same record.

Jacob Dow
Builder Connect Group | CB&A, Realtors
(346) 273-1143 | jacob@builderconnect.net