re: Adding a room to a house without getting a permit

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Did he ask if he could pay for the permit after the fact?

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I used to deal with people like this all the time.

They start building on sans permit; get caught. Come to me to do a set of drawings for work that’s halfway done. I’d do the drawings, they’d take them to the permit office, and voila…they get their permit and finish the project.

It’s sometimes easier to risk having to ask for forgiveness rather than permission. And the government doesn’t give a shite, just so long as they get their cut.