Comment 6413

By highwater (registered) | Posted April 17, 2007 at 12:22:03

Unfortunately buying an old house is no guarantee either. If there have been any updates on it, the chances that those updates were done with a permit and proper inspections are slim. In the case of multi-resident homes or student lodging homes, this creates a potentially life-threatening situation.

When the slimeballs are caught, they don't even get a slap on the wrist, and this appears to be a point of pride for Mr. Peace. When we were putting our addition on, we lost 8 weeks of prime building weather waiting for our permit to come through. Meanwhile, the slimeballs who are caught working without a permit go to the front of the line because the work's already started! Mr. Peace thinks it's dandy that these problems are 'remedied' without laying charges, but it's a slap in the face to law-abiding citizens (ie. homeowners doing home improvements as opposed to builders seeking profits) who are going through the proper channels.

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