01
Trace the route from the street to the unit
Anaheim’s checklist calls for sewer-capacity verification and, when electrical service changes, a meter spot report. Those are project inputs, not finishing details.
Measure gates, turns, overhead clearance, and staging space. Concrete, framing packages, excavation equipment, and waste bins each need a workable route.
02
Price the ground that must be opened
Access affects excavation, concrete, framing deliveries, waste removal, and emergency response. Measure gates and turns, then identify surfaces and landscaping that may be disturbed.
Mark every section of paving, lawn, planting, irrigation, wall, or fence crossed by a proposed trench. The repair belongs in the budget beside the pipe or conduit.
03
Protect the occupied home during utility work
Plan drainage, grading, trench backfill, paving, fences, irrigation, and planting restoration with the building. A complete scope includes the path to the unit.
Plan shutdowns and temporary service with the people living in the main house. Tell them when water, power, driveway access, or yard access will be affected.
04
Include repair work in the original bid
Backfill, compaction, paving, paint, irrigation repair, and planting are easy to omit from a utility allowance. Name them before comparing contractor totals.
City and state references
Where we checked the rules
Open the current agency material before fixing a design detail or construction allowance.
Continue from here
Build out the rest of the work list
Bring us the property
Talk through the existing conditions
Describe the existing building, the intended resident, and the decision holding up the project.