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Posted by dpb on November 12, 2007, 2:54 pm
bdeditch wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Talked to a guy the other day that was telling me that his wife and
>>> him were trying to get a bank loan to build a house. The bank told him
>>> if he was a California lic. contractor, didn't matter what kind, they
>>> would give him the loan. Now this guy can't hammer a nail into a soft
>>> board and plans to build his home overseeing the whole operation of
>>> building the house. The license he going for has nothing to do with
>>> woodworking at all. I was wondering is this something they allow. To
>>> me this is saying a Licensed Mechanic could oversee the building of a
>>> house.
>> Well...
>>
>> the bank can do whatever they want...
>>
>> Afterall, they have the money!
>
> Yes but could he over see the project of building a house. He even
> admits he never did cement work and plans on doing it himself and just
> "asking around" how to do it. I built homes years ago in Canada and I
> would not even deal with it.
I don't know specific CA law, but all states have "homeowner exemption"
clauses that provide that an individual can serve as their own GC under
certain conditions.
I'm certain if you googled the CA state web site you would have no
problem discovering what their particular version's requirements look
like. Of course, individual localities may have their own
restrictions/requirements on top of state law.
It's surprising how many who have no clue think it would be simple to do
this -- almost uniformly, the live to regret it unless they really do
have some knowledge.
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