A building department ticket can be a happy ending, as Dyana has found out in her renovation.
Due to the mixup with the city records of old homes, inspectors can give OTC tickets in error. After some negotiation after the discovery of the original building records on file, Dyana has been granted her full historic use as a rooming house, with its high ceiling historic ground floor owners unit.
Some new 2015 building code upgrades are still required to bring old, unrecorded changes to a new building permit.
Title insurance may take care of a large proportion of the expense of correcting illegal construction on an owner's newly purchased property. Your lawyer can help with your claim.
As long as you are legalizing the house, you can add your own design efforts.
