[brabel]

> move 3 power poles > House will be 3200sqft > Construction budget is $2m > impossible for new construction by family’s

Sorry, but this looks like one of the most incredibly out-of-touch rich people comments I've ever read. You're building a freaking castle in the middle of the city, moving roads around, and then you go on to say "families" can't build??

Maybe you're right and even building a modest home in the suburbs is harder than it should, but your project is definitely not proof of that.

[LocalH]

Did you miss where they stated the city is making them do that stuff?

[ac29]

Choosing to build a giant home in the LA hills with a budget of $2M just for construction is the out of touch rich people thing, not the additional issues with the city.

[drewrbaker]

I think you missed my point. Our land is super cheap for LA (hence all the infrastructure work). Even if we built a garden shack on it, we’d have spent $600k. How could a working class family ever afford to build a house like this?

If the goal is more houses, make them faster and easier to build. Less red tape, less infrastructure requirements. Otherwise it’s only well of people like me that can (barely) afford them.

Now I’m sure you’ll say “don’t live in a coastal city then”. That where the work is. And it’s also where 40k homeless people live. Connect the dots. We need more houses. There is land to build them, it’s just insane to do that under current rules.