A guy who does work for me off and on did some work in his house, kitchen remodel, opened up a door way. he pulled a permit but never got a final inspection. I have been in the guy’s house and he does good work, but wont he have problems when he tries to sell his house?
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I did the same with my house. Got the permit, did the work, but the inspector said he didn't need to do an inspection. He never came by the house for any of the work.
Question I have is as long as he followed code, why would someone even check if he got a permit in the first place? How would you know the work was done by him, and not whoever had the house beforehand? The only way I could see it affecting a sale would be if he did something wrong, like open up the doorway and not put in a header (or beam above).
-Sean
I have had similar experiences with inspectors, not coming by or giving a cursory glance. Actually he did open a door up and installed a proper header. his permit has the framing sign-off, but no final. He is worried about an open or rather an expired permit showing up when he sells the place.
He is worried about an open or rather an expired permit showing up when he sells the place.
Which might not be an issue if it's just two realtors on the deal. Only an exceptional title company; or a very experienced in real estate sales attorney, would likely go check a property for permits.
Unless the local real estate law requires such a search.
Which can be problematic. My 52 year old house has almost no records on it; both city hall, and the former city utility (the utility company is now a publicly-traded entity) have moved in that time. Both have also had unrelated records losses, too. The original plat & title exist, as do the last three ownership changes. No permits, no engineering records, no untility connection records (other than that the meter has been billed to three separate customers).Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
I wouldn't worry about it around here. They have just recently started to coordinate building, electrical and plumbing permits.
Mostly any thing to do with resale is found durring the title search and home inspections. The fact that he can document the permit, and his calls for final inspection, would mean more than a green sticker or piece of paper in the code enforcements files.
Dave
He can call the building department to see if there are any open permits on the house. In my area, an "open permit" means that the permitted work has not been completed...at least according to the town.
If there are none, he's fine.
Is he worried that his work might not be up to snuff and he's looking for the inspector's stamp as a pat on the back? If so, he could always have a third party home inspector come by and look at his work. Still, when the house goes on the market he should have that done anyway.
The only other thing might be in the seller's disclosure. Depends on how the disclosure is worded, but often times there are questions regarding "has the homeowner made any improvements to the house" or "has there been any umpermitted work done on the house".
It depends where he is. There are places where nobody ever follows up and places where a sale cannot be consumated until it is all finalized.
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Florida was real keen on permits, fees (major) and the inspectors never showed -before -during - or after but the property taxes went up...
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After I moved into my house I got a bill for the previous 6 months real estate taxes. I had my own attorney at closing ( a former customer), needless to say the very embarrassed and lazy attorneys quickly sent me the amount. I have a strong suspicion they never stuck their heads in the building inspectors office either!
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Yah, California is one of those places where they git picky about such thangs
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Toronto's got that one covered. They make you post a $2000 "damage deposit" for "city property" and will only refund it after they close out the final inspection. Doesn't matter if you've finished the driveway and are nowhere near their curbs or sidewalk with the remaining work, they will not refund that deposit. They WANT that extra property tax money big time and will hold onto your deposit until they can charge you fully for the value of any renovations on your next assessment.