It looks like the number of building permits in Cobb County is decreasing over recent years according to an article we came across in the MDJ…
Building permits issued for single-family residential homes in Cobb County have dropped 28 percent through April compared to a year ago.
To date, 1,610 building permits have been issued. By May 2005, 2,253 permits had been issued.
In February 2005, 527 permits were issued while only 458 were issued in 2006. In March 2005, 578 permits were issued and only 423 in 2006. April posted the largest difference. In 2005, 719 permits were issued while only 297 permits were issued last month.
Lee McClead, manager of development and inspections for Cobb County Community Development, said part of the reason is that land available to build on is becoming scarce.
“The availability of land is getting difficult to obtain,” he said.
As a result, he said, builders are building more multi-dwelling structures on smaller plots of land.
“We’re actually issuing more permits for townhouses and condos,” McClead said. “Builders get more for their buck.”
What do you all think? Is the land just gone in the city? We always are wondering just how many 700K homes they can build in the area? Share your opinion below!
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Availability of land? Yes, there is less & less because everyone is trying to cram as much of a house into a small lot as possible.
Where have the back yards gone?
Into overpriced & rediculously over sized homes w/ basements. Nothing says love like virtually no back yard & a full basement for your kids to play in.
Property taxes have gone up, yet again, because of homes like Anderson Woods area that have plowed down trees left & right to cram huge houses onto (once again) overpriced lots w/ over priced homes. Hey, do you know where your kids are? How often do you actually see your family members?
There are so many new houses being built within the city limits that the traffic is going to get worse! Take a drive up & down Whitlock Ave., drive down Kennesaw Ave The traffic is already a mess on nearly any given day or time. If they keep up all of this building new homes and yes, businesses too, we’ll end up with Kennesaw Lump. No mountain, just a lump w/ tons of houses on every possible border of it’s property line.
Well, I agree completely I Plan on moving to Cobb this winter or early 07 I was Borned in Cobb. I agree there are to many huge houses how big do you really need your house to be. I d rather have a bigger back yard than a house since it looks nicer in neighboorhoods where there is scneic views.
But I see for sell signs all the time around Cobb so I think maybe there is not a big of need to build when what is there is not selling.
Although they say Cherokee Is the fastest growing county which If you been around Towne Lake it is the smallest yards you will ever find.
But the taxes are lower and the Schools,Parks And Traffic suck So in terms of taxes you do get what you pay for.