03-26-2008, 11:18 AM
As I understand it, mauka is a direction, not a location. Puna ranges from sea level to 4,000 ft elevation.
The only municipal government is the county, hence there are no city regulations. About all I know about the building codes is that house plans must be stamped by an architect or engineer, and plumbing and lectrical work must be performed by licensed contractors. There are all sorts of methods of construction.
When you say "raw land", you could be speaking of entirely new, or newly covered, land. Now that is RAW! That is probably what the low prices you have seen apply to. Prices of land tend to be directly related to proximity and quality of roads.
I'm not aware of anywhere that requires you to develop immediately. Most (all?) of the subdivisions have existed for decades. I'm not aware of telephone lines being in where electricity is not, but who knows?
The only municipal government is the county, hence there are no city regulations. About all I know about the building codes is that house plans must be stamped by an architect or engineer, and plumbing and lectrical work must be performed by licensed contractors. There are all sorts of methods of construction.
When you say "raw land", you could be speaking of entirely new, or newly covered, land. Now that is RAW! That is probably what the low prices you have seen apply to. Prices of land tend to be directly related to proximity and quality of roads.
I'm not aware of anywhere that requires you to develop immediately. Most (all?) of the subdivisions have existed for decades. I'm not aware of telephone lines being in where electricity is not, but who knows?