San Diego Real Estate Development Project - Site Introduction

This is the second video in a series that will document an infill development project in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego. In this video I show you the surrounding neighborhood, walk you through the two units that will be torn down, survey the exterior and meet with the architect and contractor to start the ball rolling.
The video quality is terrible as we are new to the gimble thingy and I proved to be an expert at cutting off the top of people's heads and my wife gave an excellent shot of the ceiling. We promise to get better.
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Scott Voak
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San Diego, CA 92127
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[@deborahmosca9128]

Very educational video!

[@scottvoakhomes4803]

Thank you 🤗

[@leslyehowell3390]

Very interesting the process vs the walk through of the property. Your saying you are going to take this down and that down, etc. So if the idea is affordable then $2100 or higher seems seems steep. I agree a family is likely to rent that. Was this going to be the one unit that will be the one unit you won’t have the unit as low income. Yes once the landscaping issue is done you can address the other issues. You could put on demand or tankless hot water. In the two story unit you can still put in the stackable W/D. Rest of the space can be used as pantry space and space for a crate for pets. Your homes won’t be classified as a tiny home but looking at how the maximize space with 400 sq and how they maximize use of space. I would look at Incredible Tiny Howes. Randy Jones has a wide range of homes. They are stick built homes for the most part. They offer in each home W/D, usage the remaining space under the stairs. There others builders. Every unit has inside W/D. Also on demand HW. And easy excess to plumbing. .so if a unit has a problem the whole rest of the housing won’t be effected, Less complaints like if you use community w/d area. Like you said tenets will fight over problems. I lived in a complex that had community grill area. 2 tables so you could sit while food is grilling. Since you won’t have maintenance crew on sight daily there could be issues of cleaning out the grill and side area for prep. Individual grill in their yards would be better. A stone or concrete space for the grills to be placed on. So they place the grill too close to the building. They supply their own grill. You can dictate the fuel to be used as per your insurance probably small canisters. Dumpsters I kind of forgotten that issue yep where do put it? Also mail delivery. Now days they want simple access to mail area for all the tenants in one place. Can you put a parking place in the front unit. That would make it easier for the alley area. Now days they want minimal landscaping that doesn’t need a lot of water. A nice driveway could of set need for water demand.I guess the next thing is walking space for the back units from the street.
Can see the problem of how many phases you have to go through with the city before construction 10 months. Then the supply issues you could encounter when building. No wonder it takes forever. All which causes housing to be so expensive.
I enjoined watching you process. Sounds like you will have a nice housing units.n

[@scottvoakhomes4803]

Thank you for the detailed comment. Let me try and go one point at a time.
Affordability is dependent on area. I actually prefer Section 8 tenants because 80-90% of the rent is guaranteed - Covid or not. I had budgeted $1500 for the low-income rent, but apparently, this area supports higher. Whatever it is is what we will do.
We will likely do a tankless water heater because we are going to be electric only with no gas.
I have no interest in putting someone in 400 sf.
We are looking at two designs and it looks like 4 ground-floor units will have a decent-sized patio they can put a BBQ on while the upstairs will have a smaller deck, but may have a rooftop patio also - checking on the costs and permits.
There is a power pole on the side of the property at the alley. This limits what we can do there, so we will put the trash there. I think we have room for 5 parking spots - we cannot reserve anything on street side as it is public property and first come first served.
Mail - probably have 8 boxes on the street.
Thanks again for the thoughtful comment.