Buying

Buying Atascadero Sewer Connection Rules for Homebuyers Atascadero buyers should check when sewer connection rules apply, whether the home has septic, how AMWC water service works, and any recorded assessment.
Buying Buying a Home in Santa Maria? Check the Water and Sewer Lateral Buying a Santa Maria home? Learn who maintains the sewer lateral, what to know about City water hardness, and which inspections to consider before closing.
Buying Coastal Development Permit Rules in San Luis Obispo County Most building in the San Luis Obispo County coastal zone needs a coastal development permit, and a county approval can still be appealed to the Coastal Commission in five situations. A 2026 California Supreme Court case out of Los Osos narrowed two of them, and the 2025 AB 130 carve-out covers multifamily projects rather than single family homes.
Buying What Are the Special Assessments on Your San Luis Obispo County Tax Bill? The charges below the base tax on a San Luis Obispo County property tax bill are levied by 80 different districts, not by the County. Here is what each type means, which ones follow the property to a new owner, and why a PACE assessment can stop a sale from closing until it is paid off.
Buying Priced Out of South County? Look at Santa Maria and Orcutt Priced out of south San Luis Obispo County? How Santa Maria and Orcutt compare on price, local rules, and commute, and what to check before you cross the county line.
Buying Buying a Home With a Well in San Luis Obispo County No county rule forces a water test when a home with a well changes hands in San Luis Obispo County or North Santa Barbara County. Your lender and your inspection contingency drive the testing, and a well left unused for a year is treated as abandoned. Here is how both work.
Buying How an Abandoned Well Blocks a Santa Barbara County Well Permit Santa Barbara County will not permit a new well until any abandoned well on the property is destroyed or declared inactive. Chapter 34A sets the rule, a year of non-use is the trigger, and the cost and liability pass to whoever owns the land.
Buying Home Insurance Before Closing on the Central Coast Insurance has become one of the first things to solve in a Central Coast escrow, not one of the last. What lenders require, what the wildfire moratorium does and does not do, and where the FAIR Plan fits.
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