jb1390
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We're looking to purchase a piece of property right up the street from our current house, with the intention of building another house and moving there someday. In the shorter term, it would be advantageous to construct a shop or two, and use those to help in the home construction.
Our zoning department (connecticut) is telling me that I cannot build a shop without a house already there. My understanding is that they're worried about commercial use or something to that regard, and having a house there already helps ensure the land is used as it's intended.
Anyone else ever run into something like this, and have any suggestions on how to proceed? We could look at doing a big loan and do everything at once, but I was hoping to do a chunk of the home construction ourselves, and spreading it out would very much help financially. If we could do a shop first, that would be ideal for our situation.
Our zoning department (connecticut) is telling me that I cannot build a shop without a house already there. My understanding is that they're worried about commercial use or something to that regard, and having a house there already helps ensure the land is used as it's intended.
Anyone else ever run into something like this, and have any suggestions on how to proceed? We could look at doing a big loan and do everything at once, but I was hoping to do a chunk of the home construction ourselves, and spreading it out would very much help financially. If we could do a shop first, that would be ideal for our situation.