>New construction has to meet building code/pass inspection and plans have to be engineered and permitted. First time, huh... [1] I was a residential contract

>New construction has to meet building code/pass inspection and plans have to be engineered and permitted. First time, huh... [1] I was a residential contractor for enough years to have witnessed several instances of "inspector on-site for just a few minutes, didn't even cross the treshhold" [usually to my benefit]. In my local AHJ, inspectors have just 30 minutes for each permitted project... and majority of <$10k projects "off the books." [1] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/james-franco-first-time https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/james-franco-first-time