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21 October 2020 | 6 replies
If it does, then you are only dealing with building code issues and these can usually be resolved by paying a modest fine and passing an inspection.
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6 November 2020 | 18 replies
If that's the case, you can't do any renovations until you have it professionally deleaded or it would be flagged for Unauthorized Deleading and you can get fined and the property would never be able to get a Lead Certificate, only a letter of Environmental Protection that states you did illegal work, got caught, then had to pay a professional to clean up the mess.
14 October 2020 | 1 reply
You may decide college isn't for you, and that's totally fine, but I would caution you against getting in the habit of quitting things this early in your adult life.Best wishes,JW
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17 October 2020 | 2 replies
On top of changing rules regularly, and threatening fines for rules that were changed the next week, they never did the initial inspection with the builder.
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16 October 2020 | 25 replies
Fine clays and mainly silts are problematic because they could be dormant but when water finds them then they react, expanding substantially therefore the failure of foundations.
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17 October 2020 | 7 replies
If that's the case, you can't do any renovations until you have it professionally deleaded or it would be flagged for Unautohrized Deleading and you can get fined and the property would never be able to get a Lead Certificate, only a letter of Environmental Protection that states you did illegal work, got caught, then had to pay a professional to clean up the mess.
21 October 2020 | 2 replies
Most judges don’t like fines.
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14 October 2020 | 5 replies
Otherwise it would have been fine.
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19 October 2020 | 14 replies
I guess the thermostat and water heater stuff is totally fine.