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Need minor clarification, is it really that an inspector typically wants such a house torn down or is there some paperwork that needs inspector's signature and
by fizixer 10y ago
Need minor clarification, is it really that an inspector typically wants such a house torn down or is there some paperwork that needs inspector's signature and the inspector refuses to sign it?
If it's the latter then it should be straightforward. Home-owner lives in the house without a certain certificate of approval and when it's time to sell, they can't produce one, hence no one buys that house.
Isn't it more about incomplete paperwork making it difficult to sell, and if the home-owner doesn't plan to sell it, they can get on with their life without worrying about it?
(In this specific case, I'm guessing some personal issues may have occurred between the inspector and the home-owner that led to the inspector getting seriously pissed off and making it their mission to tear down the house?)
- DanBC 10y agoI think (but I could be wrong, I'm going off England here) it makes buildings insurance harder, and that's one of the insurances you really need.
- scaryspooky 10y agoTypically what happens is you get sued in civil court by the government. If you lose you will be required to tear down the structure. If you don't comply it will then become a case where the government tears it down and files a lein on the property to recoup the costs. Failure to pay this lein will result in foreclosure and seizure by the government. Obviously defying a court order can wind up with contempt of court where you then can serve jail time, but the general process is civil.