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The Risks of Building a Home Addition without Pulling Permits First

Regardless if you are an experiencedwill wind up ultimately spending more money
do-it-yourselfer, the days of just picking upin the end on the home addition or home
your hammer and starting a home addition orremodeling project by not pulling the permits
home remodeling project are long over. It isduring  the  pre-construction  phase  of  it.
critical that you first make your
municipality aware of your home buildingThe other advantage in pulling the
intentions.appropriate permits on a new home addition or
home remodeling project is that you enable
Municipalities are increasingly cracking downyour project to be regularly checked during
on the weekend DIY construction homeowner tothe construction by the local building
protect themselves against possible futureinspector. As a result, you can feel more
lawsuits, and to maximize their property taxcomfortable knowing that the home addition or
revenue. If you don't contact them, behome remodeling project not only meets the
assured someone else in your neighborhoodnational and local building codes, but is
will, so before you have legal problems andalso safe and your financial investment is
fines to contend with, it is best to contactprotected.
them  first.
The costs of building permits are quite
Also note that besides legal issues and finesminor, relative to the total cost of a home
associated with not pulling permits,addition or home remodeling project, and
municipalities also can require theconsequently there should be no excuse not to
destruction  of  the  home  addition.pull them. Yes the permit process may force
you to use licensed contractors that you had
There are federal, state and local buildingpreviously no intention in hiring, but again
codes that municipalities require in homethis cost delta is peanuts compared to a
construction. These codes are in place tocease and desist, or deconstruct order from
protect the occupants of the home, and othersthe  town  or  city.
living near or around the home from fire,
collapsed framing construction, electricalNot pulling permits on a home addition
shock and many other dangers that can occurproject is fraught with danger and
when a home or home addition is notliabilities, and the liabilities can last the
constructed  properly.life of the home addition. Consequently, if
you are planning to build a home addition,
These codes also serve to protect thealways go to your local municipal building
investment in your home. Most of today'sinspector first and determine what permits
homebuyers request a home inspection as partyou will need. In some cases you may be able
of the purchase and sales agreement. If ato pull the permits yourself, and in other
home inspection determines your home additioncases a licensed contractor will need to pull
does not meet home construction codes thenthem  for  you.
chances are the buyers will renege on their
offer, and rightfully so. To ultimately sellFor more help on building a second floor
your home you will probably need to bringaddition or room addition, see
your home addition or home remodeling projectHomeAdditionPlus.com's Room Addition Bid
up to legal building codes. As a result, youSheet.



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