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Also, should i be concerned about unwarranted bathroom downstairs?

Thank you for replies.

We did not want to open can of worms downstairs. There is no kitchen downstairs but a bathroom and 2 rooms (no doors) and there are stairs leading downstairs. There was work that was done on plumbing and framing downstairs  without permit by previous owners. And  is shower ok in the downstairs bathroom. What is the worse that can happen?  Should i apply to make the rooms and bathroom legal before the next inspection or leave it as-is and continue with the plumbing inspection. We are not planing to rent the unit or use as bedrooms, just extra space for exercise and storage.
We are also replacing siding and windows with permit (we got ok to put the siding on after rough inspection which are are going so now.)

Matt

Hello All.

I own a home in San Francisco and in process of remodeling of kitchen and siding work with permit. I did get permit to remodel the kitchen and permit to the replace siding and also got plumbing and electrical permit which also required for the kitchen. During the inspections the inspector wanted to inspect the basement of the home where the unwarranted space existed and where plumbing work that might have been done without permits, this is done before us buying the home.

For now, we did not allow the inspector to inspect the basement but we it will be required.

What will be the best route to take – should be get a permit to legalize the basement space or show it, as is. We are not planning to rent the space basically use it as additional storage space. Any advice will be helpful .

Thank you.