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buildig with permit vs no permit
Bilboaintgreat Offline
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#41
03-03-2025, 07:29 AM
Even if you get a permit and build, they can cancel it saying it was issued in error.

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03-20-2025, 03:03 AM
Our permits took 18 weeks.
On a small custom home, 2 story, on slab.
Could have been faster, but the plan had an issue that needed fixing and re-submitting.
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03-22-2025, 10:57 AM
(12-04-2024, 04:12 AM)Aloha Tikicarver,Pretty much all the plumbers have been quoting $1,500 per fixture.  That's for the water supply to the fixture and the drain away from the fixture but not the fixture itself.  So about the only way to decrease the cost is to decrease the amount of fixtures.We haven't found any plumbers or electricians who want or will let us help them in exchange for a lower fee.  (They may actually charge a lower fee if we stay out of their hair.)tikicarver Wrote:
(10-02-2024, 11:22 AM)Hotzcatz Wrote: I'm going to be building a house and taking the same route as you. Owner builder doing as much myself as I can....

Just wondering if you have approx cost for hiring a plumber to do the work for a modest house with just one bathroom and one kitchen sink?

Someone suggested to me just find a plumber that will let you do the work and he signs your permit for a fee.
anyone been succesful in doing that?  basically you would be like the plumbers labor guy, he just comes by once in a while to inspect your work. Easy money for him...


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However, you can save plumbing costs by only building one bathroom and one kitchen sink and add in the rest later.  Same with the electrical system.  Put in a small minimum amount and then expand it later.  Electricians and plumbers charge by the size and number of fixtures.  Limit those and the costs are lower.

We're in the middle of building a permitted house at the moment but we're not doing it as inexpensively as possible, we're more concerned about durability and costs of living in it.  It's quite modest in size and number of rooms, but it's got a huge lanai and a loft big enough to be used.  Since it's with an owner-builder permit, we don't have to hire a contractor and that's saving tons right there.
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03-22-2025, 08:14 PM (This post was last modified: 03-22-2025, 08:14 PM by Durian Fiend.)
$1500 per fixture: So does this mean that a house with kitchen sink, toilet, shower and bathroom sink would be entirely plumbed from water source to septic system for $6000?  Just like everything else, these costs have gone up quite a bit lately.
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03-23-2025, 12:58 AM (This post was last modified: 03-23-2025, 11:13 AM by Rob Tucker.)
One of the CoH building officials, Neil Erickson, got busted a couple years ago for going 23 years without a permit.
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03-23-2025, 09:26 PM
How bad were the fines?
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03-24-2025, 01:51 AM
I did ask them that. I was told, in writing, "We don't keep a record of that."
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