How To Legally Split A Duplex
Is it possible to sell each half of a duplex separately. If so, what would need to be done. Also, where can I find a lawyer, if necessary, to assist in this effort?
Is it possible to sell each half of a duplex separately. If so, what would need to be done. Also, where can I find a lawyer, if necessary, to assist in this effort?
Only if you can subdivide or convert them into condos
I can recomend a few lawyers in the area. Here you need to have an architect draw plans, make any required improvements, have the conversion done at the city, and use a lawyer to draw up the paperwork.
Is it a tradtional side by side duplex with a firewall in between? If so this makes your life a lot easier.
Jeff
In addition to hiring an attorney to create and file deeds and condo docs, in Massachusetts you need an architect to draw up the floor plans and a surveyor to plot the land plans, both of which are filed at the Registry of Deeds with the docs.
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Yes, I have heard several different views on splitting the duplex. One group says that a firewall will be necessary. My property has a fire wall on the first and second floors, but none in the attic. I have also heard that none of this is necessary and that all that needs to be done is to create some sort of legal document that will guide decisions in the future for repairs that involve both sides of the property like roofing, painting, etc.
Anyone know an attorney in Columbus, Ohio who specializes in this sort of thing?
Where you are getting confused about the firewall is -- a firewall is often required in many local codes where you want to CONVERT a single family to a duplex.
It is irrelevant here. If it is already a duplex, then a firewall is there if code requires. If not, then it matters not.
[ Edited by tbird56 on Date 02/20/2007 ]
I have a duplex in Texas that I could split by creating what is called a "Condominium Regime". It is very straightforward, at least in Texas but it does require an attorney to draft the documents needed to do the conversion & filing.
private message me if you want an attorney referral. my property is in Travis County.