08-15-2024, 12:30 AM
well, I'm on a paved road,, there is an existing permited small house on the property and a permited garage/workshop.
But I want to build a larger house for retrirement in the back of the property.
It would be 800 ft from the road , no way anyone could see it except from the air, both lots on either side have nothing on them.
Hell, you can't even see the little house from the road. Guy who developed the property many years ago built the driveway that turns into a circle, so from the road you see a gate and about 50 ft of driveway and the electical line going into the property and that is it.
no way to know what else is there.
I don't mind paying taxes on a house, but the process of getting permits and inspections and dealing with trying to get electrians and plumbers to do work that you pay too much for, is what I'm trying to aviod. I figure it would add a year of time to the build to go the permit route.
sounds like the risk of the County "finding out" about a unpermited house is pretty low if it is well out of sight in the Puna area.
I guess the Cons are, you can't get insurance,, but that might not be so bad. in 25 years I never made an insurance claim on a house and
come to think of it, for 40 years neither did my parents.
I plan to retire there, but when I'm dead my daughter would inheirt it. SHe has no plans to live in Hawaii, so selling it might be an issue,, but then
again there are so many unpermitted properties that sell maybe not a big issue...
by the way.. They will definitely make you put septic system in for any new construction.
There is currently a law that says all cesspools must be converted by I think it was 2030..
I saw a youtube video where some real estate agnets were talking about how Hawaii County was trying to change the law to say when any property changed
hands, the cesspools had to be converted within one year. The Realitors of Hawaii lobbied hard to stop that. The won ,, for now...
But I want to build a larger house for retrirement in the back of the property.
It would be 800 ft from the road , no way anyone could see it except from the air, both lots on either side have nothing on them.
Hell, you can't even see the little house from the road. Guy who developed the property many years ago built the driveway that turns into a circle, so from the road you see a gate and about 50 ft of driveway and the electical line going into the property and that is it.
no way to know what else is there.
I don't mind paying taxes on a house, but the process of getting permits and inspections and dealing with trying to get electrians and plumbers to do work that you pay too much for, is what I'm trying to aviod. I figure it would add a year of time to the build to go the permit route.
sounds like the risk of the County "finding out" about a unpermited house is pretty low if it is well out of sight in the Puna area.
I guess the Cons are, you can't get insurance,, but that might not be so bad. in 25 years I never made an insurance claim on a house and
come to think of it, for 40 years neither did my parents.
I plan to retire there, but when I'm dead my daughter would inheirt it. SHe has no plans to live in Hawaii, so selling it might be an issue,, but then
again there are so many unpermitted properties that sell maybe not a big issue...
by the way.. They will definitely make you put septic system in for any new construction.
There is currently a law that says all cesspools must be converted by I think it was 2030..
I saw a youtube video where some real estate agnets were talking about how Hawaii County was trying to change the law to say when any property changed
hands, the cesspools had to be converted within one year. The Realitors of Hawaii lobbied hard to stop that. The won ,, for now...