Upon going to the city to get the permit, I went ahead and decided to pull all permits for work being done (things like a 2-door to 1-door garage conversion, with load-bearing wall removed, kitchen wall removal, new pantry created, turning the old pantry into a laundry room with new plumbing and a sink, extending a shower and tub into a 9' shower, and a lot of other stuff, including a lot of electrical changes like a new outlet and new light fixtures).

The water heater outlet line was leaking causing a fine spray of hot water directly on a pier or pad.

I think it's only a couple of amps, so it doesn't need its own circuit or anything, but you need to have an outlet or junction box reasonably near the water heater.Does the closet currently have a louvered door, or vent louvers in the walls, or maybe a pipe coming down from the attic or in from outside (not the flue pipe - a separate one, just for air) to provide air for the water heater? 

My tenant installed a flower bed for gardening and I let it go, what harm can it cause right?

Anyway, other than the high possibility of asbestos in the insulation, the property seems to be in decent condition - a few cracks in the foundation, a bathroom with a window that needs replacement urgently and the wall to be investigated for possible mold, some outlets not working, and definite cosmetic updates needed.

No-one should actually do this because it is dangerous and could kill them or the poor lineman trying to restore power if they didn't understand the inherent dangers involved.If you pulled your meter, shut off all of your circuit breakers, installed a 240v 30a plug to a double pole breaker and the neutral bus (instead of ground), then you could use a 110V generator with two extension cords to your new outlet (cords sharing neutral and having their respective hots in the 240v plug) in order to get 110v to both buses in your panel.

But the charm quickly fades with the reality that behind every wall, every outlet is something that won't be a cheap date to fix.Hope this helps...

The agent is throwing is under the bus and asking why we just can't go in and physically throw the squatter out. Let's

Upgrading the panels is relatively straightforward, but regarding the outlets themselves it's hard to know what kind of wiring is in the walls without opening them up.  

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