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i was just being a smart azz - i would never condone doing work without a permit, especially anything structural, but i have also made good money doing post red tag violation work.
I have seen nice room additions (250K+) that have been torn down because of zoning violations that could not be resolved, due to non-permitted work
It is a total nightmare getting caught with non-permitted work & you would have trouble when you went to sell the house. As i did state, you are on the hook if anything went wrong, like an electrical fire, or construction defects, but that also applies if you go "owner/builder" and pull the permits yourself, but that's a topic for another post.