[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

It matters because some banks will not write a mortgage if all CO's are not in place.

In my case the town had no issue with giving me "cure" permits. They just charged 300% of what it would have cost if they were applied for BEFORE the work was done.

As far as the property tax savings. In my case over 12 years I what I saved was less than what it cost to fix which was a one time hit. Add in the aggravation and it was not worth it.

It's why I'm currently suing the builder AND my attorney who did my deal. The builder was unethical and the attorney completely missed it. She had three pages of riders re stuff that needed to be finished including stuff in the upstairs bathrooms/bedrooms but never checked the final CO's to see if everything lined up. I almost let it slide but when I spoke to her about it she said "oh well, sorry about that but I don't see how it's my problem"

It's a bit different though, because you're talking about an entire house, and you're dealing with contractors. In your case, they were required to follow a process and did not. You have far more latitude on your own house, doing your own work.