Finish Your Basement
building permit?
Why do we need to have a building permit to finish our basements.I was told also that once you finish your basement your taxes go up?Is there anyway around this legaly?I heard once that if you finish your basement but leave something out your taxes stay put.
You are turning unfinished space into finished living space, so the assessor now says that they home is more valuable. Your assessment value goes up, your property taxes go up. And that is why they want permits pulled. So they can keep track of property improvements, report the improvements to the assessors and levy more taxes. See why they keep an eye on improvements, even projects like finishing a basements. Now part of it is to make sure you are doing safe quality work, but yep part of it is keep up with property improvements for the assessors.
As far as leaving something out, IDK. If you do that, then the appraiser, when you go to sell, can say it isn’t livable space, and may not add value from an appraisal point of view. See the catch-22. Of course, it wouldn’t prevent someone from seeing the potential. But I’d suggest you do everything on the up and up. Pull your permits, get your inspections, and when you sell, pay your taxes (err!), and get as much money out of the improvements as possible.
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