How long does it take to get approvals to build on vacant land in Los Angeles?
By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
How long does it take to get approvals to build on vacant land in Los Angeles?As a vacant land specialist, you can imagine how often I am asked this question. If I'm not asked, then I bring it up in my first communication with any potential buyer. Transparency is important, particularly if a potential land buyer comes from a different state or country where the approval process is less than a hundred days which is vastly different than here in Los Angeles.When I started selling land 26 years ago in Los Angeles, approvals from the Los Angeles Building Department would take approximately 8 months from start to finish. While 8 months seemed a long time, the logical and acceptable explanation was that most of our land is hillside, hence the Department wanted to be certain that a proposed ...
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