I have seen some buy a decent home only to be told to tear it down as the density laws does not allow for a building to exist on that property even though the building was basically ok, they could not get the needed permits to upgrade the plumbing and electric.

Has the seller admited they did the work without permits?

I see a lot of these signs in my area just because someone built an addition without pulling a permit and then got turned in by a neighbor.Either way you need to write down addresses of places like that and go online to your counties tax assessor website to see who owns that property.Jeff

This is likely to be a job that requires permits.

California has many cities looking to expand the housing inventory, allowing you to shortcut permits to create an additional housing unit.

Long story short, the mother died and left the house to her drug addict son and he lived there for two years with no utilities and no garbage permit. 

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Is it unreasonable to ask a plumber to give us a 'consult' for a few hundred dollars to help guide us through making our own plans, pulling our own permit, and doing our own work? 

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