Riedel Communities

It amazes me I when come across a particular lot in a sold-out subdivision that would appear to have little if any desirable building characteristics and to know that someone has purchased that lot.  I once shared that sentiment with a land salesman whose response was “it just proves there is a shoe for every foot.”  I’m not so sure that is the full truth of the matter given that land salesmen are responsible to the developer and are given the responsibility of selling every piece of dirt.

Developers typically hire surveyors and engineers to lay out communities with the primary goal of achieving the highest number of lots to sell for the least amount of development costs.  That goal often compromises the best location for streets, utilities, and property lines relative to the building site.  A good building site is often simply the luck of an engineer’s pen rather than good planning.

I admit that even with the best of land planning, it would be extremely difficult to design a community in which every lot was a premier building site where every lot had a level building area with ideal orientation and unblockable backyard views.  On the other hand, I have come across lots as I first described where simple adjustments to the land plan could have made a world of difference in the quality of the building site.  I guess for the developer it is easier and more profitable to simply wait for the right foot to come along.