03-22-2010, 10:45 AM
From what I have heard in Seaview at least, lots of things have been red tagged by the County after being reported. We have an infamous house of cards that has been there for years. It's still there. I've heard that things get red tagged or reported to the County over and over again, and they basically don't do anything, and the eyesores remain. It's pretty upsetting knowing that someone could just start building some unpermitted eyesore on the lot next to me and the County won't do anything. Personally though I wouldn't buy something unpermitted unless it was so cheap you could put the money saved into bringing it up to code. If you're on a big lot where your building can't be seen from the road or by neighbors, then in practical terms there might not be much to worry about, except of course ever selling it in the future.