I know we have talked about permits before; but I had another good example come up this week. I have a client who already built his covered deck on the front of his house. It looks great BUT he did it without a permit…..Someone in the neighborhood called the city on him and now he has to get the permit (and pay a penalty) as well as pass all of the inspections related to the permit. That means he has to dismantle part of the deck so that the inspector can see everything.

Moral to the story….if you are doing any structural work to your home, save yourself the head ache and just call your local municipality to find out what the requirements might be….. Or in this clients case….bribe all your neighbors before you begin (I’m joking). You might not even have to do anything but its always a good idea to find out before you start.

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