Permit Advise... For a Partially Completed Property Purchase

[Bobby Gillespie]

After many months of submitting offers, I have finally landed my first flip property.... yeah. I've just started my inspection period (thankfully it's 15 days) with my house inspector booked for Monday.

I'm looking for some advise re permits. House is in Dade City, Pasco County, Fl.

The house was built in 1998 but has sat unfinished. Inspections were passed for Footers / Slabs, Rough Elec, Rough Mechanical, Lintel and Frame in 1998 but Final Elec, Final Mechanical etc have not been.

In case it's of interest, the house is complete up to rough electrical and plumbing and drywall is up but not tapped / mud etc.

My concerns are that I'll need to invest way more than I've budgeted for professional services (Architect... maybe attorneys etc ) in order to get re-permitted since it's been 18 years since the process was started.

I've already paid a visit to the City building department and am awaiting a call back... just wanted to know if any of you had any words of wisdom.

Thanks!