Hi All,When we moved into our house we had an existing structure in our backyard. It has electrical, but no plumbing. We would like to run a grinder pump to our septic and also add a new electrical panel to be able to...

Finding out whether to do permits or not .  As a general contractor I always have the investor, owner, ask me.
Shall we get a permit for this?
I have very mixed feelings after working on a few Flips.  
When the cit...

it seems appraisers in Florida don’t care if remodels or additions are permitted!! I am a licensed contractor and pull permits for my remodels. Others in my same areas are NOT licensed and DONT pull permits .. it of c...

what are some of the risks to not getting work permitted for:

1: someone who's going to hold onto a property for 10+ years as a rental

2: someone who wants to refinance/heloc to take equity out from pay down

3: pot...

Just received title back on a flip purchase, title revealed open permits/no co which I assumed would come back as its gutted and an as is purchase. However I just found out permits were not pulled for what work has be...

I've been a handyman for quite some time, but I never understood the concept of Permits from a home owners perspective. If I'm the home owner and live there, do I need a permit to fix a kitchen or finish a basement? I...

Hi,

I am in Los Angeles California.

1. Is it hard to get city permit to turn a sun shelter room (which is already permitted) into a bedroom? should i do it or should i just built it and if no one reports it, its f...

I converted a half bath to a full and pulled a permit (all I did was install a tub)...I've now had the inspector out twice and still can't get past his GFI tester. What a pain over one outlet, that was already there. ...

Lets say we are talking about cosmetic rehab ..new floors, paint (inside/out). Nothing related to plumbing, possibly new windows, paint the deck, new cabinets, counter tops etc. we need to open up kitchen, demo wal...