12-12-2014, 04:21 AM
Every time the 'to permit, or not to permit' question comes up, I ask the future builder how much they want to work on neighbor relations!
This county does not actively seek out non-compliance, YET, so the only thing you have to do in areas without building covenants or restrictions, if you are going to build without a permit, is make sure that your neighbors & every one that knows about your project are OK with what you are doing and you stay on great terms with all of them, as these would be the only people that would turn you in... of course building your own cesspool or septic here could be a monumental task, and knowing the substructure of your lot is not an easy task of checking a soils map &/or digging a few perc test holes!
As far as how likely is that, it depends on the neighbors that happen to be in your neighborhood, and wether anything you do pisses them off... the worst thing here is dealing with a pissed off ol' time neighbor! (don't worry, you will never get to the ol' time status in most building areas here - as most have generations old residents... even subdivisions made in the 50's have residents that have been there since the beginning...)
I am not a permit freak, know most of us do at least some work, that should have needed a permit, without one, and REALLY know that here, a permit really does not mean anything about the quality of construction...have seen enough permitted finaled structures here without some very basic things, like framing for windows & doors and incorrect wiring, to realize here it is only about the quality of the builder/contractor/assistant that actually does the work, and the permit is just a meaningless piece of paper... unless you go to sell, finance, or piss of a neighbor...
Cell reception does vary a lot around here, with different carriers & phones giving vastly different results...and of course, the farther you are from things like paved roads, the more variable the reception (and it also seems that the less expensive lands seem to be away from the better reception areas...but your results would be what matter...)
This county does not actively seek out non-compliance, YET, so the only thing you have to do in areas without building covenants or restrictions, if you are going to build without a permit, is make sure that your neighbors & every one that knows about your project are OK with what you are doing and you stay on great terms with all of them, as these would be the only people that would turn you in... of course building your own cesspool or septic here could be a monumental task, and knowing the substructure of your lot is not an easy task of checking a soils map &/or digging a few perc test holes!
As far as how likely is that, it depends on the neighbors that happen to be in your neighborhood, and wether anything you do pisses them off... the worst thing here is dealing with a pissed off ol' time neighbor! (don't worry, you will never get to the ol' time status in most building areas here - as most have generations old residents... even subdivisions made in the 50's have residents that have been there since the beginning...)
I am not a permit freak, know most of us do at least some work, that should have needed a permit, without one, and REALLY know that here, a permit really does not mean anything about the quality of construction...have seen enough permitted finaled structures here without some very basic things, like framing for windows & doors and incorrect wiring, to realize here it is only about the quality of the builder/contractor/assistant that actually does the work, and the permit is just a meaningless piece of paper... unless you go to sell, finance, or piss of a neighbor...
Cell reception does vary a lot around here, with different carriers & phones giving vastly different results...and of course, the farther you are from things like paved roads, the more variable the reception (and it also seems that the less expensive lands seem to be away from the better reception areas...but your results would be what matter...)