Many people believe that the bulk of an architect’s job involves detailed drawings and communication with internal teams of consulting...

As the City of Atlanta has grown and matured, its zoning ordinances have become more complicated. Throughout my career, I’ve seen...

What do you do when the survey indicates your house is built over the setback? Are your expansion plans shot down in flames? Alex, I’ll take Zoning Ordinances for $500. “These allow for expansion of structures in non-conforming situations by reducing zoning restrictions for extenuating circumstances.” “What are variances?” You are correct! Your dream home in a historical neighborhood (i.e. Inman Park) would be perfect if you could add an extra room. Do you understand the re

Industries provide more information to assess their products than potential home buyers have at their disposal. It is crazy if you think that most people’s largest investment is their house. It’s not just the mortgage system that needs help, but the appraisals that mortgages are based on that need fixing. If we had a better system of assessing the value of a house and the property it sits on independent of one another, the real estate bubbles we witnessed would not be so infl