orangecountyremodel.com (714) 931-0295 Wondering how to get started on your kitchen, bath, or home addition remodeling in Orange County? I tell people that the first thing to do is to get some information about your city. Every city is different. They have different regulations and codes. Take setbacks for example. Your front setback is from the backside of your sidewalk to your house. The side setback is from the property line to the house. The property line is usually shown by a fence or block wall. Of course the rear setback is from the rear property line to the house, again shown by a block wall in most cases. Again every city is different. Side setbacks are normally around 5 feet, however, Diamond Bar is different, they want the total setback to be 15 feet. So you can have 5 feet on one side and 10 on the other. Rears can vary quite a bit. Some are as little as 10 feet some are up to 25 to 35 feet. Phillips Ranch gets up to 35 feet in some areas if you have of large lot. So call your local planning department and they can give you the details for your area. Then, based off of that, preliminaries are going to be drawn up to scale so you can see exactly how your house lays out on the lot. You’ll see how close you are to the property line. You’ll see how much room we have the play with. Once you have that information you can sit down as a family and decide exactly what you want to do with your house. Whether it’s an extra family room or an extra bedroom and bathroom …