First lets understand that in 84 countries my e-book, “Residential Development Made Easy,” is studied there are different terms or names used for unit development. I am talking about a number of residences that are all on one level - all on ground – there is no other unit on top – and I’ll call each one a ‘unit.’

Yes, in places they are called town houses or town homes or cluster houses, but for ease of understanding, lets agree on calling units.

So if your ambition is to develop six a unit development, first question is, ”Where Do I Start?”

OK, every city or town in free world has a Town Plan and it comprises, not surprisingly, of plans or maps, usually with lots of different colors all over them, to distinguish different zonings of land in your Town. In addition there are By Laws that define in writing exactly what is allowed to be developed in each zone. For example, Residential Housing may be Yellow; Medium Density Housing, like for unit development, may be Pink; and Industrial Buildings Orange, whatever.

So you can see at a glance how town plan is broken up into land use categories. Just as you can’t build a house anywhere you like, you can’t have a farm or a factory in middle of a residential area either.

So first thing you must do is find out what is ‘Zoning’ of land you own or are thinking of buying. Getting land Rezoned is another issue altogether.

Let’s assume your land is already zoned for Medium Density Residential. The Town Plan will tell you all requirements you have to undertake to develop your six units. It will tell you minimum Lot size allowed on which you can build two units.

I was livid, it was now 1:00 in afternoon and I was just being informed that my mother, unable to get out of bed without assistance, was alone.

This was not first time this home care company had failed to fulfill their promises or to follow my directions and what made it worse, it wasn’t first agency that I had hired.

I live in Glendale Arizona, and mother lived in Cleveland Ohio. Mother was adamant that she continue living in home she and dad shared, same home my siblings and I were raised. As eldest daughter and only one without a husband and children, responsibility of coordinating care fell on my shoulders.

The amount of stress I endured during last five years of mother’s life is indescribable. I continued to hire ‘wrong’ home care service, I continued to enlist services of handyman and lawn care services that fell quite short of their promises and I even subjected mother to an unscrupulous so-called financial planner.

I did all right things. I checked references, held lengthy interviews, wrote out my instructions to letter so that there was no confusion, I checked Better Business Bureau and even went so far as to request letters of recommendations of clients from these elder care providers.

Mom passed away while I was home for Christmas in 2000. She died at home, something she truly wanted when her time had come. Now, five years later, I have met most wonderful woman and my first question to her was, “Where were you when I needed you?”

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