Is it possible to sell a house if it is not permitted?
Sounds crazy, I know. It is my girlfriends house and she inherited it from her dad. The original 1500 sf house(1 bed/1 bath) had permits taken out, but nothing ever had the final inspection. They finished building it as fast as they could because her dad was in a wheelchair and needed it done. ALSO, her family decided to build an additional 1500 sf addition(for live in caretaker) and they didn’t even take permits out to do that! Unreal, I know. The house is on a half acre and has another house(2/1) on the property. Can she sell the property? Would she only get what the land and 2/1 house is worth? This whole ordeal is a mess and she just wants to get rid of it. It would be a dream property for someone who wants to deal with “as built” permits/inspections… They would be getting a bargain if she could sell it. Any info would be great. The house is in Hawaii if that helps.
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sell property | , 12 Jan 10
By †Ask Me Anything†, January 14, 2010 @ 6:48 am
She would have to disclose that there are no permits for the additions. And, it would show in the listing anyways, because the legal survey would only show the original sq footage of this house. What would happen is most buyers would require her to get it signed off by the building inspector and that may be when she would run into a brick wall, because it could cost thousands to fix if something was built up to code. That would be the stumbling block because if someone buys this property without a contigency of the place passing building inspection for building codes, they would inherit the problem if they ever try to sell the place.