Posts in category 'Buying Selling'

How much land do you need to build a house near Bunnell? Inside the city, the AG&S agricultural district asks for five acres per home and the AG agricultural district asks for one acre. Which number applies depends on a question most listings never answer: which government's rules does this particular parcel live under? Two rule books cover the land around town. One belongs to the City of Bunnell, the other to Flagler County, and they set different minimum lot sizes, different setbacks and different expectations for water and sewer. If you are browsing Bunnell homes for sale and the lot sizes start to climb past an acre, this guide is the checklist that comes before the offer.

We are a brokerage, not a surveyor or an engi...

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A Deltona house is more likely to sit on a septic tank than on city sewer, and the answer decides what you can build, what you can repair and what a state springs plan may ask of you later. If you are shopping Deltona homes for sale, the sewer question belongs next to the roof and the air conditioner on your list. This guide covers the checks that matter, using the City of Deltona code, the Florida Statutes and the state's 2025 Volusia Blue Spring plan, all read in October 2026.

We will say up front what this guide is not. It is not a price list. We found no published flat cost for a septic upgrade or a sewer hookup in the city code, the statutes or the springs plan, so we do not quote one. You will get real quotes from l...

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Downtown Daytona Beach has seven redevelopment zoning districts, RDD-1 through RDD-7, and the district decides which floor a loft may legally occupy. On Beach Street, in RDD-1, a multifamily dwelling is allowed only above the ground floor. The city's Upper Floor Residential Grant pays up to $7,500 per unit, with no single grant above $75,000, to convert the upper floors of existing commercial buildings in RDD-1 and RDD-2. A loft here is a building question before it is a unit question, because the zoning, the grants and the tax mechanism all attach to the building.

This guide stays local. It skips mortgages and general inspections, because the guide to buying commercial...

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Retail is permitted by right in three Daytona Beach business districts, BR-1, BR-2 and BA, and the city's redevelopment and tourist districts allow part of the list, but parking, signs and overlays change from one district to the next. BR-1 requires no off-street parking, while most other retail uses are figured at 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet. The district label on the parcel therefore decides the uses, the parking, the signs and the review that come with the purchase. If you are comparing Daytona Beach commercial real estate for sale, this is the checklist to run on every one of them.

This guide is about the City of Daytona Beach's own rules, taken from its Land Development Code and the city's permit pages. It doe...

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Ormond Beach permits business and professional office, which includes medicine and dentistry, in its B-1, B-4, B-5, B-8, B-9 and B-10 districts, but not in B-2 Neighborhood Commercial. The zoning is the same for a law firm and a dental practice. The cost is not, because the city requires five parking spaces plus one per 200 square feet for a medical office and prices its local road impact fee at $3,434.79 per 1,000 square feet, against $1,709.28 for general office. Most buyers of Ormond Beach commercial real estate check price and square footage first, so this guide reads the city's Land Development Code line by line for the office and medical office buyer.

Everything below comes from the City of Ormond Beach Land Develo...

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The City of Daytona Beach will sell you a zoning verification letter for $50 a parcel, and most buyers assume it answers more than it does. It tells you what the property is zoned and what the zoning allows. It does not tell you whether the building complies, whether the parking works for your use, or whether a "grandfathered" claim is real. That gap is where commercial deals go wrong, and it is the first thing to understand before you make an offer on any of the Daytona Beach commercial real estate for sale you are watching.

This guide is about the three checks that sit under every commercial purchase in the city: zoning, environmental history and the survey. The general mechanics of buying commercial property in Volus...

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