What The City Of Dublin Isn't Telling You About Impact Fees (And Why It's A $25,000 Problem)

Dublin has the heaviest impact fee stack in the Tri-Valley. The EDTIF alone is $13,613 per new dwelling unit. Here's what homeowners need to know before hiring an architect.

If you're thinking about building a home, an ADU, or an addition in Dublin this year, there's a conversation you probably aren't having with your contractor. And it's a conversation that can easily cost you $25,000 if you skip it. I'm talking about impact fees. Dublin has the heaviest impact fee stack in the Tri Valley. That's not an opinion. That's just the math. And what makes it worse is that almost nobody, not the homeowner, not the contractor, and honestly not even a lot of architects, knows the full picture before design starts. Let me break down what's really going on. What Impact Fees…