I have a builder who is doing a project which entails adding living space to an old existing structure. The plan is to demolish the majority of the structure but leave up existing party walls (underpining them) and basement (including basement walls and foundations) and then excavating space behind the basement and then rebuilding new floors and roof, interior, etc. to add 4,000 square feet to this "railroad" type space. My broker insists it should be called a ground up project, while I insist that it is a heavy structural renovation. In my opinion, if there is anything left of the old structure (ie the party walls and basement), you HAVE to consider it a structural renovation, not ground up (to me, meaning a blank space in which new footings, foundations, walls, roof, etc. will be built). If anyone can point me to a construction code or definition that accurately describes the differences between the two, I would greatly appreciate it.
2006-12-13
09:18:53
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