04-28-2015, 03:10 AM
It's not just the contractors who are dictating the bizarre regulations, it's also the insurance companies. In any case, many jurisdictions make it possible for owners to do their own plumbing and electrical and it's inspected to make sure it's safe.
In this particular case, someone obviously made a complaint. Whether it was based on a real concern or just vindictiveness is certainly a good question, and honestly as a bystander and someone without a pony in the HA race, it appears as though the latter is likely the case. In fact, it could easily be sourced from one or two posters in this very thread.
The fact is that in many of the subdivisions without cc&r's, the majority of dwellings are not permitted. After going through the process of bringing one of the better built ones up to code and fully permitted myself, I'm very sympathetic with those who do not wish to go down that road. Lobbying by special interest groups has made this process prohibitively expensive for many (most?) in this economically underprivileged district.
birchl, you have my sympathies, and I hope this all works out well in the end. When you say you have permits, are those permits finaled? If so and there was no major unpermitted improvements made to your property, I would expect you should be fine. If not finaled, the County does have time limits in regulations for both starting, continuing and completing work. Now if only they had rules for themselves on approving plans submitted to them. On the plus side, they are reasonably good about scheduling inspections and the inspectors seem to be quite professional and meticulous.
I wonder if whoever made the complaint has a fully permitted dwelling? On my road in Eden Roc, probably only about 1 in 3 is permitted.
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In this particular case, someone obviously made a complaint. Whether it was based on a real concern or just vindictiveness is certainly a good question, and honestly as a bystander and someone without a pony in the HA race, it appears as though the latter is likely the case. In fact, it could easily be sourced from one or two posters in this very thread.
The fact is that in many of the subdivisions without cc&r's, the majority of dwellings are not permitted. After going through the process of bringing one of the better built ones up to code and fully permitted myself, I'm very sympathetic with those who do not wish to go down that road. Lobbying by special interest groups has made this process prohibitively expensive for many (most?) in this economically underprivileged district.
birchl, you have my sympathies, and I hope this all works out well in the end. When you say you have permits, are those permits finaled? If so and there was no major unpermitted improvements made to your property, I would expect you should be fine. If not finaled, the County does have time limits in regulations for both starting, continuing and completing work. Now if only they had rules for themselves on approving plans submitted to them. On the plus side, they are reasonably good about scheduling inspections and the inspectors seem to be quite professional and meticulous.
I wonder if whoever made the complaint has a fully permitted dwelling? On my road in Eden Roc, probably only about 1 in 3 is permitted.
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