Property Types
Homes, lots and the frontage, driveway and yard a project can reach.
Most residential takings in Florida are partial. A road widening trims the front of the lot, a utility corridor crosses a side boundary, a drainage scheme takes a low corner. The house stands and the owner is left wondering whether the figure offered is reasonable.
It usually depends on things the acreage does not capture: where the driveway now meets the road, how close traffic sits to the house, and whether the remaining lot still supports what it did before.
The short answer
On a home the question is rarely the value of the strip. It is what the property is worth to live in, and to sell, once the project is built.
A strip from the front or side of the lot.
Read moreWhat the take does to the rest of the property.
Read moreThe lot as it functions afterwards.
Read moreDriveway position and entry.
Read moreHow the land itself is measured.
Read moreReading the package you were sent.
Read moreA relocated or steeper entrance affects daily use and resale, and it is compensable.
Noise, light and proximity are ordinary parts of the severance question when a road moves toward a house.
Losing frontage can put an existing structure out of compliance, or remove the room for a future one.
These are improvements on the land taken and on the residue, and they belong in the claim rather than being absorbed.
Frequently yes. A narrow frontage take can move a driveway, bring traffic closer and reduce what the home is worth, and Florida requires full compensation rather than only the value of the strip.
A partial taking usually leaves the home in place. Where a whole property is acquired, relocation is a separate subject worth raising early.
Section 73.091 makes the condemning authority responsible for reasonable costs of the defence, and section 73.092 governs attorney fees calculated on the benefit obtained for the owner.
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