Illegal home modifications in Connecticut

[Shvonne C.]

In Bridgeport, CT to be exact.

I have a property that I am looking at Tuesday that is a 2 family that was converted to a 4 family illegally. The current owner says her father did it a long time ago, she doesn't know when.  Since I haven't seen it yet I don't know the real condition of the property or the changes. I plan to make a trip to the permit department this week pending the visit Tuesday. My questions are:

• Has anyone had any experience with something like this and how did it turn out?
• Does anyone have experience in Bridgeport or Connecticut in general with this?
• I'm wondering how time consuming getting this approved to be a 4 family would be in a best and worse case scenario?
• How costly could it be to get this approved in a best and worse case scenario?

Thanks for any info!