What to pull permits on

[Braeden Warg]

The house we just bought is in cabarrus county and currently 1300 sqft with a 200 sqft breezeway. We are looking to open up the wall and then raise the floor and plumb 2 heated and cooled air duct lines to the room. Our contractor said since we might live here for 2 years we don’t need to pull permits. However we are pulling permits to renovate a garage into a adu. I’m wondering if we don’t pull permits for the breezeway addition when we go to refinance will we be able to include it as heated and cooled sqft. Also will it bite is in the butt when the city comes to inspect the garage maybe they see inside and say I don’t see a permit for that. Main thing is I wanna do it right the first time.