Friday 3 January 2014

House remodeling : 2013 Oct






Legalizing unpermitted building : 2013 Aug


It is not uncommon to come across a building in Oregon that has unpermitted work done to it. We are seeing this more and more, where home owners and/or contractors are dodging the building department’s thorough and sometimes stringent and lengthy plan check review/building permit process. Additionally, they are avoiding expensive fees from the city and paying extra on their property taxes. Cities are cracking down on unpermitted additions, renovations, and the like, because it is of course illegal, could potentially be unsafe to the occupants, and the City is losing out on more property tax revenue for any unrealized square footage additions that add to the value of the overall building and property.
When dealing with unpermitted construction, there are simply three options that an owner has:

a) they can choose to restore the building to it’s previous condition

b) do nothing (does not apply to new building purchases with restoration stipulations), but could 
    result in a large price reduction whenever the owner were to sell it, or
c) to go through the process of legalizing the unpermitted work.                                          







Damaged roof repair : 2013 Aug


                                 Roofing repairs on damaged areas.