
Originally Posted by
Zuplar
One comment on the permitting and whatnot, a few years ago I had a large metal building installed on my property. I had a company do it, so everything was permitted and done correctly, but when one of the inspectors came out he wrote me a small list of improvements on my property that apparently did not have permits with the city. I bought this property as a foreclosure, and all these improvements were done beforehand. The house isn't that old, so I wouldn't swear that outside of the new construction up till the point I had the building installed, that everything was original. I mentioned that to him he told me it didn't matter, they still needed a permit. I asked if that was going to affect me getting my inspection done he said no because it's not relevant. I moved on with my life because I thought this was ridiculously petty. Wasn't an issue when I bought the house, can't imagine it will be if I ever sell it. Not sure how they can request me to pay for a permit for construction I never did, but the city inspector acted like they could.
Couple that with the fact that he didn't even know basic facts about my house, (such as arguing with me about property size) I basically told him whatever he wanted to hear so he'd leave. You can talk to 3 different people in the permit/inspector department or whatever it is and get 3 completely different answers. It's a joke.
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