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Posted by on July 17, 2006, 10:59 am
I made some new electrical circuits in my house, like a garage
subpanel for example. I use it to power my electric powered toys in
the garage. Needless to say, I never bothered with permits, although,
I think, these changes do meet code (I tried to do so). My question
is, if I decide to sell my house, is the most sensible thing to just
remove the subpanel and the wiring? To not have any possible issues
with the inspectors? For typical house owning, TV watching morons,
having that subpanel in the garage offers very little value, so, I
think, it is easiest to just remove that unpermitted circuit. Good or
bad thinking?
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Posted by Oren on July 17, 2006, 12:09 pm
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:59:24 GMT, lorrainecase@aol.com wrote:
>I made some new electrical circuits in my house, like a garage
>subpanel for example. I use it to power my electric powered toys in
>the garage. Needless to say, I never bothered with permits, although,
>I think, these changes do meet code (I tried to do so). My question
>is, if I decide to sell my house, is the most sensible thing to just
>remove the subpanel and the wiring? To not have any possible issues
>with the inspectors? For typical house owning, TV watching morons,
>having that subpanel in the garage offers very little value, so, I
>think, it is easiest to just remove that unpermitted circuit. Good or
>bad thinking?
I recently sold a house that did not have a permit for an inside floor
(yes I got beat-up here about permits (grin). I disclosed this issue
to the buyer beforehand. The buyer wanted documents related to
materials used, statement of work, etc. I did have what they wanted,
but not the permit. If necessary I was willing to crawl to the
building department and try to rectify the permit issues, including
possible fines.
They had a home inspection and was happy.
If you do remove it I suspect you would have to disclose both the
install and removal to a buyer, but I'm not a lawyer. You can ask a
local Real Estate agent, perhaps.
Oren
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on July 17, 2006, 12:24 pm
your better off hiring your OWN home inspector to see what issues the
buyers one will have.
your inspector can check your install.
then you give potential buyers the inspection they MIGHT be happy with
the one you provide.
a inpector who finds lots of even minor troubles can and does scare off
buyers. better to fix what you can in advance.
buyers will demand things like registered electrician to replace flakey
receptable. whereas you would just go buy and install one.
a pre inspection can save you biig bucks
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Posted by on July 17, 2006, 12:30 pm
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:59:24 GMT, lorrainecase@aol.com wrote:
>I made some new electrical circuits in my house, like a garage
>subpanel for example. I use it to power my electric powered toys in
>the garage. Needless to say, I never bothered with permits, although,
>I think, these changes do meet code (I tried to do so). My question
>is, if I decide to sell my house, is the most sensible thing to just
>remove the subpanel and the wiring? To not have any possible issues
>with the inspectors? For typical house owning, TV watching morons,
>having that subpanel in the garage offers very little value, so, I
>think, it is easiest to just remove that unpermitted circuit. Good or
>bad thinking?
If it is code compliant, leave it.
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on July 17, 2006, 12:48 pm
>I made some new electrical circuits in my house, like a garage
> subpanel for example. I use it to power my electric powered toys in
> the garage. Needless to say, I never bothered with permits, although,
> I think, these changes do meet code (I tried to do so). My question
> is, if I decide to sell my house, is the most sensible thing to just
> remove the subpanel and the wiring? To not have any possible issues
> with the inspectors? For typical house owning, TV watching morons,
> having that subpanel in the garage offers very little value, so, I
> think, it is easiest to just remove that unpermitted circuit. Good or
> bad thinking?
Just leave it. If it meet code, it should not be an issue at all. If I was
looking to buy your house, that would be a big plus for me. I'm sure it
must have been done with a permit, but the paperwork is long gone; you look
honest to me.
Go through the house and see what else may be an issue. Correct the little
stuff. If the potential buyer wants other work done, let him do it.
My attitude is: This is my price, take it or leave it. If you want me to
fix these things, it will add $3000 to the selling price. .
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