Does the house have to be empty?

No. We buy with a tenant in place, or with you in it until closing. A house a tenant has lived in recently limits what the state’s lot-split law allows, and we price around that rather than ask anyone to leave.

Could I split the lot or build the second unit myself?

Yes, and if you have the time and the money for the maps, the permits and the construction, you should think about it. Most owners who call us would rather have the number now than carry a project for two years. We say which we think it is for your lot.

How do I find out my lot size and zoning?

Your property tax bill shows the parcel number. The county assessor’s parcel lookup shows the lot size, and the City of Fresno’s zoning map shows the zone. Or send us the address and we tell you both in the first reply.

Is your offer less than listing it would bring?

Often, for a house. For a lot, the open market mostly prices land as land, and our number for what can be built on it can be higher. Either way the offer is a buyer’s price, and you are free to get an independent opinion before you answer. We encourage it.

What about farmland or acreage outside the city?

A different conversation, with water and the county’s rules in it. Send it anyway and we will say whether it is something we would look at.

Your Fresno lot may be worth more than the house on it.

Big yards, double lots, corner lots, vacant lots, and lots zoned for more than one home. Fresno’s zoning and three recent state laws let more be built on them than most owners realize, and that changes what a buyer should pay. We buy lots in Fresno as they are, and we put a number on the land in writing.

Get a number on the lot

or call or text (530) 635-8196

We buy: Vacant lots, houses on lots of 13,000 square feet or more, lots zoned RM-1, RM-2 or NMX, and parcels side by side.
Buyer: Casa Fresco Group LLC, buying for its own account. Nobody at Casa Fresco is your agent.
Owners: Sam Fox Brennan, California real estate broker, DRE #02178674. Eduardo Cota, co-founder of Modern Perspective Plumbing, CSLB Lic. #1102487 (C-36).
What happens: A written answer, usually within two business days.

Which lots

The ones the market prices as one house, or as dirt, when they are more than that.

A house on a lot of 13,000 square feet or more: The ordinary lot in Fresno’s single-family zones runs 5,000 to 7,000 square feet. A lot twice that size can often be split in two under state law, or hold a second house and an accessory unit behind the first. An old house on a big lot in Roosevelt, Southwest Fresno or along the older county pockets is the most common thing we are sent.
A single house on a lot zoned RM-1, RM-2 or NMX: Along the older corridors, Belmont, Blackstone, Kings Canyon, Ventura, First, Cedar and the streets off them, the city’s zoning allows several homes on a lot that holds one. Buyers of houses do not pay for that. We do.
A vacant lot: Fenced or not, weeds, a tax bill every December and April. City lots trade for a few dollars a square foot on the open market. We price what the city lets someone build on it, not only the dirt.
Two or three parcels side by side, same owner: Put together they are a small project. One at a time they are three lots. If you own the neighbors, say so.
A corner lot, or a lot with an alley: A second driveway or a rear entrance is what makes a second house practical. It shows up in the number.

What the law allows now

Four changes since 2022, in plain words. Each one has conditions, and whether a particular lot qualifies is decided by the City of Fresno or Fresno County Planning, not by us. We take on that work after we buy. You do not have to.

Two lots from one (SB 9): In a single-family zone inside the city, an owner can split one lot into two and put two homes on each, approved over the counter instead of at a hearing. Each new lot has to be at least 1,200 square feet and no smaller than 40% of the original. A house a tenant has lived in during the last three years cannot be torn down for it, and the owner who splits has to sign a statement about living on one of the lots.
A second unit on any house lot (ADU): State law lets every single-family lot add an accessory dwelling unit and a junior unit inside the house. Fresno publishes pre-approved ADU plans that shorten the plan check, and units under 750 square feet pay no impact fees.
Up to ten small lots on multifamily-zoned land (SB 684 and SB 1123): A lot zoned for apartments, up to five acres, can be divided into as many as ten small lots for houses, approved within 60 days without a hearing. Since July 2025 the same path covers vacant single-family lots up to an acre and a half. Lots that have had tenants in the last five years generally do not qualify.
Permits for old unpermitted units (AB 2533): Since 2025, an accessory unit built before 2020 without a permit can be permitted even if it does not meet today’s code, as long as it is safe, and the city cannot charge impact fees to legalize it.

Government Code 65852.21 and 66411.7 (SB 9); 66310 and following (ADUs); 66499.40 and following (SB 684 and SB 1123); 66332 (AB 2533). City of Fresno ADU program and pre-approved plans. Summaries, not legal advice; confirm with Planning for your lot.

A 100 by 130 foot lot, 13,000 square feet, drawn to scale. The existing house keeps the left half. A split down the middle leaves room for a second house, or the rear of the original lot takes an accessory unit. No particular parcel is shown.

How we price a lot

Two numbers, and you see both.

As land: What lots of the same size and zoning have sold for nearby, per square foot, from closed sales. For a lot with a house on it, what the house would bring as it sits.
As what it can become: What the finished homes or units would sell for, less what it costs to get the map or the permits, build, carry and sell, and a margin for the risk that the city says no. If that number is higher than the land number, the offer is higher.
What we are not saying: That your lot will be approved for anything. The city decides that, after we buy, on our account. Our offer is a buyer’s price for the lot as it is today, with the risk of the approval on us.

Sell the lot outright

A written offer for the lot as it is, with the house on it or not, tenants in it or not. Title and escrow as in any sale. Taxes owed on the lot are paid out of the sale. You are done.

Or keep a share of what it becomes

Some owners would rather not sell the family lot for a land price and watch someone else build on it. Casa Fresco also comes in as a co-owner: we bring the money, the numbers, the construction budget and someone to run the job, and you keep a share of the finished project. The terms are written for each lot. How partnering works, on the company site.

Tell us about the lot

The address or the parcel number is enough. We look up the zoning, the lot size and the county record before we reply, so the first answer already says whether the lot is one we would buy.

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Questions

Does the house have to be empty?: No. We buy with a tenant in place, or with you in it until closing. A house a tenant has lived in recently limits what the state’s lot-split law allows, and we price around that rather than ask anyone to leave.
Could I split the lot or build the second unit myself?: Yes, and if you have the time and the money for the maps, the permits and the construction, you should think about it. Most owners who call us would rather have the number now than carry a project for two years. We say which we think it is for your lot.
How do I find out my lot size and zoning?: Your property tax bill shows the parcel number. The county assessor’s parcel lookup shows the lot size, and the City of Fresno’s zoning map shows the zone. Or send us the address and we tell you both in the first reply.
Is your offer less than listing it would bring?: Often, for a house. For a lot, the open market mostly prices land as land, and our number for what can be built on it can be higher. Either way the offer is a buyer’s price, and you are free to get an independent opinion before you answer. We encourage it.
What about farmland or acreage outside the city?: A different conversation, with water and the county’s rules in it. Send it anyway and we will say whether it is something we would look at.