Good informative videos. Im just starting to get into home diy's and excited to do everything, except learning that you need to get permits and your taxes would go up.
So f****** what it's people that think like you is why I'm in the position I'm in🤦🏿♀️if you're not going to do it right then Don't fuckn do because the buyer is the one who gets screwed in the end.
I been binge watching all your videos, and gotten a bunch of useful information! Thank you! Do you recommend getting permits for a full bathroom and kitchen in basement I plan to rent it out? Any insight helps I’m closing on my first home in Baltimore by the end of the month !
A relation just built a new bathroom in her house. Only after it's 95% completed dies she realizes she needed a bathroom permit. What would you advise she do? Can she still get a permit? Would it require gutting everything she built & starting from scratch?
@@DevinMorenoInvesting I feel like if you haven't been in the biz for a long, like a good amount of investors in Baltimore, it's complicated. However, it helps way down the line.
Permits are the lowest bar to clear. They are not expensive. It's doing following the actual BUILDING CODE that might seem "expensive" to an investor, but it's the cost of doing the job right. Cutting corners and ignoring building code literally creates problems that are just waiting to be discovered.
Permits aren’t always the lowest bar to clear, it all depends on the municipality. Some of the municipalities around here are a bear to deal with. One municipality around here will cost you about 2 months of time and a full set of plans, and that’s for a deck. If you submit the plans and they don’t like a certain bolt, for example, they make you redo and resubmit the plans and then get back to you in 2 months or so. Instead of just saying change bolt x for bolt y. I don’t mind getting a permit for work to be done. I prefer having somebody check my work to catch any potential problem when it’s much easier to address. But it often makes scheduling jobs virtually impossible.
Because you don't pull a permit doesn't mean corners are cut. People are sick of the morons at the building departments all over the country. Sick of dumb ass attitudes by these city employees. They only have jobs cause of home owners and contractors.
@@huejanus5505 yeah I think they are close to the same everywhere. For remodels plans but no permits are how most want out done now at least here. Add on is a different story.
So I am about to create a LLC for interior dry wall removal, I have a friend who does this work and would switch over and work under the LLC. Would he need a license for dry wall removal? Would I need to get a permit?
My husband and I have obtained permits for our retaining wall, reroofing, preventing rock from rolling etc. not pain at all. In fact our contractors were used to this process. If you are responsible contractor you would follow proper procedures to protect yourself and your clients. I am not saying that businesses do not make mistakes but businesses need to minimize liability by following guidelines. On the other hand, sometimes we might be faced with problem where local/state/federal government might be reluctant to enforce codes and/or willing to overlook policy; thereby neglecting to protect the public. My take.
It seems the inspector are too busy in the whole country. I do not think they need two months to process or approve a permit, but they take their time to pretend they are too busy.
Hi David, so if you don’t pull permits then at a later date could you pull permits? How would that work? Should a cost analysis be done for fining, which I assume happens if get caught after fact or is there a grace period to get it done?
Unfortunately pulling permits after the job starts could result in fines and a stop work order. Even worse is they might have you tear open walls if you closed them. Also inspectors tend to be meaner and more ruthless if you do this which is hard to budget for. So if you start without permits you have to not get caught and move quickly. Then you can potentially say you bought it like that
@@justdope7447 You just say you did it yourself. No contractor no permit needed. Check your local laws though. I'm renovating a 1972 mobile home in NH (total gut job on the inside, almost done). Since I'm doing it all myself, no permits required. Do it then shut the * up. There was one exception when the main box and breaker box was replaced by my electrician,
I personally wouldn't mind, though it depends on if they built it to code period many bathrooms built without permits are done correctly. They just didn't want to get the inspectors involved due to the time and cost involved
Only if it was declared Vacant by the city. The certificate stays with the property until then. If it is declared vacant then it's pretty easy to get the certificate back by going to the housing office
@@justdope7447 House Flippers usually always pull permits since Realtors look them up. Normally when an investor is not pulling permits, they have no intention of selling the house for many years. So any half-baked work will be their own problem quickly.
