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Originally Posted by Noah930
Even then (at time of home sale) what difference does it make? (I mean that cynically.) When I went house shopping last year, a fair number of properties had additions that were non-permitted. They just disclosed it while you were walking through the property, and that was it. It's not in the official square footage. It's not taxed. What negative consequence comes about not having permitted rec rooms/offices/maids quarters/etc?
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Well - and this is just a guess - it's the seller that loses out in a situation like this as they would not be able to include the non-permit room in the overall square footage of the house, which is one of the basis in a property's asking price. This happened to a house nearby ours, where because a room was non-permitted the seller had to lower the price by a few $ thousand.