4:38 I totally get this. My husband and I spent over an hour standing in the linoleum aisle at home depot "discussing" our preferences. I wanted a very dark brown wood look, and everything he chose had orange tones that made me feel ill just to look at in the store. I figured out that he was looking at square foot cost, and I was choosing by looks. I also came to the conclusion that he just might be color blind.
This video has great information. As someone who works for a building department in a Massachusetts town, I don’t think people realize that building permits are not really optional. Some towns are more strict than others but if you’re doing a lot of non-permitted work, usually the inspector WILL find out. You wouldn’t BELIEVE the amount of phone calls we get from nosey neighbors and we can’t ignore them.
I'm from Philadelphia and building permits are issued through our City Licenses and Inspections Department. Whats unique about L & I is that they have a web page where you can type in an address of a home or business and it will tell you if a building permit has ever been issued to that location and it will provide the type of construction that the permit covers !
Thank you for talking about the permit process. I've recently pulled a permit in British Columbia and it seemed very intimidating to start with but everyone I've spoken with at the council has been very helpful. The only down side is our process is quite slow and it costs a few hundred dollars every time you apply. Great job, I look forward to watching your remodel progress!
I wasn’t one that asked for this type of video but I found it really enjoyable and interesting. I’m from the UK 🇬🇧 so things are different here, but it always fascinates me seeing how people do things in different places in the world. Been here since the master bedroom remodel in the old place, think it was when u used to just do time lapses. Thanks for all yours and your family’s hard work to give us quality content 🥳 can’t wait to see the new place get refreshed 🥳🥳 bring on the projects 💪
Good to see you, it's been a while. This will be a fun series to watch, I always love your room project series. Nice to see you taking on projects at your new house. I'm a homeowner in Florida, small town in Pasco County. Our permits are pulled from the city. Being a homeowner, we are allowed to act as General Contractor and pull our own permits and hire who we want for the work. I enclosed a sunroom, several years ago, new windows and walls. Because it was structural, new walls, I had to have it inspected and a permit. Same unit, several years before that, did a remodel on the bathroom and didn't pull any permits. I didn't change the structure, put all fixtures in the same place, mostly cosmetic with new insulation. This was great information, especially seeing you go page by page on the application and sketch for the plans.
Great video. I love the plans for the dinning room remodel! Wow, you'll be getting so much use out of a room that was hardly used. I can't wait to see it!
ill pass on the permits... the less the town knows the better. Unless I'm adding an addition, they DONT need to know about some interior walls being moved/added. But great video and subtle flex on the NES collection 😜
Thanks for the tips I always like seeing your videos. I always skip permits for interior work because the town doesn’t need to know and I know what I’m doing. It’s just an excuse for them to tax me more
The fees and permits are about the same in Connecticut. Our town is always reasonable, but hear some towns can be difficult. I never had any issues with inspections and it seems like the town does not care once the fee is paid. An insurance claim on non-permitted modifications could be a huge problem, so I am with you on getting a permit.
@@chrisglenn2096 Yeah if he's got an NES collection like that then he's got other gamer things. And a lot of other gamer things too!! That punk is holding out on us for sure! Cough it up bub!
My personal project is repainting the entire interior because nearly 20 years after we bought it most of it still the same color of "blah" the builder slapped on the walls and ceilings. Literally, 100% of the house the same color (Sherwin Williams "Biscuit"). The problem is that my wife can't commit to a color unless she's actually seen someone else do it first, so even though the old paint is really showing its age she just wants a new coat of the same color. So far I've managed to get four rooms repainted, with a fifth one to be done in three weeks when she travels to Boston. After that I get to go crazy with the crawlspace remodel.
Just in case I need to clean up the town. 😉😀 Funny story, I built that back in 2007 out of stuff I had in my basement. It weighs about 60lbs. It lights up and I put a vacuum motor in it so it at least makes a sound when you flip the switch. I also took apart an old cd player and attached it so I could play the soundtrack. It was a fun little build when I was in my 20's, single with no kids. 😂😂
My personal experience has been that there’s always more involved than it seems at the beginning. The longer you take initially thinking things through, the less running around like a chicken without its head in the end. Another way to get a feel for the size of a space is to put up cardboard walls.
Hey! So happy you have stuck around. Really, if i don't run into any big issues there will be no need to gut. The house was built in 1993 so everything should be much more up to date than my old house. (1946). Thanks for checking out the video!
honestly an extremely important video for this entire genre of videos, nice! and yeah of course you need to see how you feel there, be actually certain and as an aside i'd PLEAD with anyone to please for the love of whatever get a permit, someone before us did stuff without a permit and proper inspections etc, and it very literally almost k*llеd my mom and i, and almost destroyed our family home. like as you said, the permit is literally there to protect the homeowner
Her Matt Very interesting Looking forward to seeing the work Bet you can’t wait to get new ceilings on those rooms - getting rid of the swirls 😂 How did the removing of the moos on the shed go after the initial treatment - I may have missed the update?
I would be cautious about making more small spaces and closing off doors. There coat closet would be essentially too small to function. Instead of so many divisions, why can't a mud room just be part of the pantry. Instead of adding walls, why not just make the pantry a bi fold door situation that opens in to the same space . Trying to cram a walk in pantry is going to feel REALLY confining. Closing off opening to the front hall will make that are much more confined feeling as well as darker.
Permitted work is also worth doing correctly, as non-permitted work can have ramifications on your property value & taxes and insurance costs & coverage, and if there isn't a paper trail of accountability for anything that might go wrong with your work (and worse, go wrong & affect a neighbor's property, like a spreading electrical fire or damage to shared water pipes,) you can be in BIG trouble. If there's a legal means of covering your butt, TAKE IT--get the permits. Weigh how much you want the remodel vs. how much you don't want higher property taxes, in your initial pros and cons; not when you're fined or in jail for tax evasion.
Hey! My wife and I have been talking about maybe doing something with our shed... It has power and really I don't need power in a shed but it would be nice if we maybe finished the inside or turned it into a tiki bar kinda thing.
Call the building department and ask. Also you should have a permit hanging somewhere on your home (front door/window) so it’s visible from the street.
hello the fixer it has been a while I hope you are doing alright you your wife your kid I hope there doing okay too best of wishes of your new house and a happy 7 months.
And to be clear, you lost the fights, right? We all know how this works 😂 Ps: seriously, looking forward to the remodel(s) and videos. Let’s do this 👊🏾
Yeah, that is one thing I don't understand... all towns should make it as easy as possible or this is what is going to happen. People just won't do them. 🤷🏻♂️
The worst possible use of space is a hallway. You already have the front hallway which you obviously need to keep, so it is not good close off that door to add another unnecessary hallway just to lead to a new door. Plus, in terms of quietness, the kids are over by the front door way less than the back door/kitchen/bathroom area. You could just do a transom window to let light into the mud room and have way extra room for benches and storage there, leave the current dining room door (or move it closer to the front door/window side, then have the entire back wall for books. Also, I would rather go to jail than ask the government permission to change my own house. Communists
Hi From Rhode Island 😊, wanting to put a 12 x 14 sunroom off the back , we need a variance ,We live in Warwick , The city is no help unless you are building a 200 room Hotel 🏨 They should put a little help to the homeowners that have lived in the city all there live ,to help with all the bull shit paper work .
