Permits and Inspections Are Necessary!

First and foremost, it’s a health and safety issue. 

• Permit review allows code experts to reduce potential hazards from unsafe construction. 
• Mandatory inspections act as a system of checks and balances focused on complying with city codes. 

It’s also a money issue—on several fronts. 

• Proper permitting helps protect property values. 
• More and more, property insurers aren’t covering damages caused by work done without permits and inspections. 
• Disclosure of any improvements or repairs is required at sale whether permits and inspections were obtained. 
• Many financial institutions won’t finance a purchase without proof of a final inspection and a Certificate of Occupancy. 
• Without a permit, work may be subject to removal at the owner’s expense as well as penalty fees being added to the permit.

So before a project is started, see if a permit is required.