Anyone else bought a house with a remodel that was done without permits? Our realtor said this is common downtown since it takes so long to get the permit. To me as long as full inspections (general, electrical, plumbing) happen I’d be comfortable moving in. Any downsides we aren’t considering?

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This does not sound normal unless it’s in an unincorporated area (eg parts of dripping) sounds odd.

I would get a second opinion. Pretty sure you can’t do the construction until the permit is pulled (and you can’t pull a permit without detailed plans)

The real issue is do they have any open permits. If you pull a new permit and there’s an open one, you have to do the work to close it. Which usually means redoing the work on your dime (when I bought I specified the seller close all open permits and they had to do a 15k retaining wall replacement before close). Your agent can run a search for that. And I have found the unpermited work is normal in town. It is a a yellow flag for sure. My brother bought a house with an unpermited bathroom addition. It’s fine other than it leaked and he had to replace the roof. Neighbors have an unpermited backyard office building and it’s never been an issue with the city.

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