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He can forget about making any claim on his insurance. Once they find out the additional wasn't approved they will deny any claims. Sometimes you just have to play by their rules. I would not want to purchase a home that was built without inspections. I know a guy that wired his whole house with extension cords. They are inside the walls. Tried to sell it to me once. I just laughed.
I have a client who just bought a house. They got a permit to re-roof it. Turns out, it was red-tagged in 1984 for tons of unpermitted work. The new owners now have to do about $200,000 in repairs and upgrades, starting with an entirely new foundation.
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