New Construction in Cerritos
Cerritos new houses that start with the title report and easements, then setbacks, ADU fit, engineering and city review before any footing is dug.
Before quoting a new Cerritos house, we open the preliminary title report and plot every easement and recorded restriction on the lot plan. A utility easement along the rear line or a recorded covenant can take ground away from the buildable area, and that changes where the house and any ADU can fit. Only after those lines are drawn do we price the foundation and the frame.
Recorded limits on the parcel
Easements give a utility or a neighbor rights to part of the lot, and structures cannot sit on them without the holder's consent. Recorded covenants can add their own height or design limits on top of city zoning. We plot both, then lay the zoning setbacks and the state ADU allowances over the same sketch. The buildable area that remains sets the house size and decides whether a second unit stands detached in the rear yard, attaches to the house or sits above the garage.
Engineering and city review
With the footprint settled, the surveyor confirms lines and grades, the soils engineer drills, and the structural engineer designs foundations and lateral bracing from that report. Energy modeling covers insulation, glazing, mechanical equipment and the solar array. The building department serving Cerritos checks zoning, structure, energy and green building items, and it reviews grading and drainage where earthwork is involved. Corrections are answered one sheet at a time, while a separate wrecking permit covers removal of anything already standing on the parcel, including old slabs and footings.
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A second unit planned beside a new Cerritos house can be fitted around the easements and setbacks in one pass, so neither building ends up crowded later. Zoning has to allow it on the parcel. Its utilities share the house trench, and its door and windows can face away from the main living spaces.
Title and easement review, a boundary survey, borings and the stamped plan set all come ahead of any digging. The building department serving Cerritos reviews the drawings, and the gas and power to a standing house are shut off before its demolition is permitted. Footings are poured only after the excavation passes inspection.
California's residential code, energy standards and green building code reach a new Cerritos house through the city's adopted building code. Zoning governs height, setbacks and lot coverage, recorded covenants on the title may add limits, and the state's ADU statutes govern a second unit's size and placement.
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