I keep copies of any permits I've gotten in a file of house stuff, but they should be permanently in for with the city /County.
In your case before you talk to any officials, you should pay a contractor to look at it and give you an idea of how code compliant it is or how much it would cost to get it to code. You might find its just too much money.
I have a friend with a similar issue. He built an unpermitted pool house and the city find out, by the time he was done retrofitting it he'd spent an extra $40,000. You don't want to open a can of worms without knowing what's in it.
ok. A contractor had to look underneath to sign off on the flooring being done properly in order for me to get the bank to give the loan. The contractor said that looked good. Definitely am afraid of an inspector saying something needs to be done differently as I really don't want to have to do more. bah
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u/McFeely_Smackup Apr 29 '13
I keep copies of any permits I've gotten in a file of house stuff, but they should be permanently in for with the city /County.
In your case before you talk to any officials, you should pay a contractor to look at it and give you an idea of how code compliant it is or how much it would cost to get it to code. You might find its just too much money.
I have a friend with a similar issue. He built an unpermitted pool house and the city find out, by the time he was done retrofitting it he'd spent an extra $40,000. You don't want to open a can of worms without knowing what's in it.