kochiya sanae and tatara kogasa (touhou) drawn by mizuki_hitoshi

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    Hang in There, Kogasa-san 3720

    There's height restrictions and such as well, so houses can only be built up to 10-12m tall. Together with the various setback-line limits, it was like a third story was just out of the question in our case. Even on a lot with an FSI of 80%, we had the option of a basement level, which could make a house with a 120% total FSI, but it would've taken a massive budget, so it wasn't possible.

    I hear it's even rougher in places like Kyoto that have scenery ordinances, where they've also got exterior appearance restrictions.

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    Blindga
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    So, you can have a 120% maximum floor space per land if you build underground.

    It's a shame they don't have the money to put that down. A floor-sized basement level is a really, really attractive feature when valuing a house later. There are all kinds of dream house builds you can do in a townhouse-sized home when it has that extra lower floor. If you don't pay to build one up front though, installing a lower floor later costs twice as much, if it's possible at all.

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