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A comment on A Brief History of California’s Housing Crisis. Parent comment

Re:A Brief History of California’s Housing Crisis by refurb on Sunday February 23, 2020 @12:11AM (#22395270)
One contractor I spoke to in SF said maybe 50% of people get permits for renovations.

If you do pull permits, it costs $1,500 or so and your property taxes will go up.

Apparently if you get busted, they just make you pay plus a small penalty.

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Re:A Brief History of California’s Housing Crisis by ping_pong on Sunday February 23, 2020 @12:49AM (#22395364)
Almost no one in SF gets permits unless it's for something big enough that your neighbors will narc on you for. Most houses that are for sale will have some form of unpermitted work done on it.
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Re:A Brief History of California’s Housing Crisis by refurb on Sunday February 23, 2020 @01:45AM (#22395508)
The drawback of not getting permits is that permitted work is valued higher when it comes to resale.
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Re:A Brief History of California’s Housing Crisis by ping_pong on Sunday February 23, 2020 @01:47AM (#22395512)
Not in SF from what I've seen. Unpermitted work is so common that people basically don't care anymore. Maybe in other cities where it's more common to get permits, it will definitely make a difference, but not in SF.
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