Hillside Lot Pre-Offer Worksheet
One page to fill in before you waive contingencies on a Glendale or Los Angeles hillside lot. Slope, FAR district, ridgeline sheets and a rough floor area calculation.
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One page each, on the documents and deadlines that actually arrive in the post. Built to sit next to the paperwork while you read it, not to be read on a screen.
Protected Tree Pre-Offer Worksheet
Inventory the trees, including the neighbour's, before the inspection contingency expires. Which rulebook applies, how the trunk is measured, where the protected zone falls and what to ask the seller in writing.
Mills Act Contract Pre-Offer Worksheet
For a historic house in Pasadena or Glendale. What to pull from the prelim, what to ask the city about inspections and the work plan, the three values that decide the bill, and the arithmetic on the cancellation fee.
ADU Capacity Check Worksheet
Three questions decide most of what a back yard will actually take, and all three are answerable before you offer. Fire zone, horsekeeping zoning and walking distance to transit, then the size and height ceiling those answers leave you with.
Recorded Map Lookup Worksheet
Every lot in a California subdivision was created by a recorded map, and it is not the assessor's parcel map. Work down the page to find the legal description, order the tract or parcel map, read what the code requires it to show, and check whether a surveyor has filed a record of survey since.
Burbank Solar Pre-Listing Worksheet
A Burbank sale ends the old solar rate, and the date that decides which programme the house is on is the permit application date. Fill this in before the listing goes live. The meter, the two dates, who owns the equipment, and the six documents a buyer's agent will ask for.
Burbank Floor Area Check Worksheet
Work out how much floor area a Burbank R-1 lot still allows before you offer. The tiered ceiling, what counts toward it, what is exempt, and the flags that change the answer on a hillside lot or in a house with a tall ceiling.
ADU Rental Term Worksheet
Two documents set the minimum lease on an accessory dwelling unit and they do not always agree. Which pathway the unit was approved under, what each document says, and what a longer minimum costs you at every turnover.
Glendale Water Rate Change Worksheet
Glendale Water and Power has proposed new water rates from 1 January 2027 and the Council hears it on 3 November 2026. Work out your own meter charge, your tier and the new pump zone adder before the hearing, and check what actually counts as a written protest.
Burbank Rental Term Pre-Offer Worksheet
Burbank runs two different rental floors and buyers mix them up. A stay under 30 consecutive days is a short-term rental, which is not a listed use in the R-1 and R-1-H zones, while an ADU carries its own floor of longer than 90 days. Fill this in before you remove contingencies on a house that comes with rental income.
Pasadena Landmark District Worksheet
For a house inside a Pasadena landmark district. Copy the recorded subdivision and lot from the County Assessor legal description, confirm contributing status, and tick which piece of planned work needs staff review, Commission review or no review at all.
Glendale ADU Forbearance Check Worksheet
Check which of Glendale's three unenforced ADU provisions your plan relies on, then confirm the status with Planning before you remove contingencies. Baseline size and height numbers included.
Burbank Rancho Project Review Worksheet
Work out whether a project inside the Burbank Rancho Master Plan Area needs Development Review and whether it reaches the Rancho Review Board. The zone, the eight exemptions in section 10-1-1914 with their real square footage lines, and the fifteen day appeal clock.
Change of Ownership Filing Worksheet
One page to fill in before the deed is recorded. Which form goes with the deed, which exclusion you are claiming in Part 1, the twenty dollar fee the recorder may add if the form is missing, and the ninety day clock that starts if the assessor has to ask in writing.