Pittsburgh building with no permit - newbie looking for feedback

[Craig Clark]

Hi BP, I was wondering if you could weigh in here and give me your thoughts.  My wife and I are still newbies and we are just now on our third rehab with only a front deck left to complete.  Our issue here is this project was supposed to be completed 3 months ago and due to Covid 19, like many of you, we were shut down before we could start on the deck and each day is costing us because or hard money loan will mature soon, not to mention missed rents.  What issues do you foresee if move forward completing the deck without a permit?  We have been trying to get one filed with the permit office but it's proving to be extremely difficult. I can't imagine it being a huge deal, the county already ready shows deck in the original build and we will only be removing the old deck and rebuilding it with the same dimensions.