re: Permitting question- we may have unknowingly screwed up

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Why would an appraiser care about the permit. Just appraise the damn property fairly. I'm sick of stories of appraisers thinking they are some kind of magical creature

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I don't know about Louisiana, but in some states or municipalities you cannot list or include in an appraisal space that was added to a house without proper permits, this was done to discourage building and remodeling without proper permits. Where this is the law, the first thing a appraiser usually does is pull the permits for the address and see if they match what is found at the property.