Oh. You must be partitioning then???None of the walls are structural, except for a couple in the very center that are replacing jack posts, and won't be insulated anyway.
He's framing the basement.Oh. You must be partitioning then???
Tib: What, exactly, are you doing if you are not partitioning and none of the walls are structural?He's framing the basement.
Confirming the partitioning. The question marks???Tib: What, exactly, are you doing if you are not partitioning and none of the walls are structural?
And you knew what you were doing removing the first floor walls?Yeah - the basement just has an outer foundation wall, so I'm adding an inner wall and sectioning off rooms. Hoping it turns out good, because I spent about two weeks tweaking the floor plan in Chief Architect.
Funny thing is, I'm tearing out three walls on the upper levels, but then building them in the basement -- trying to keep my 5 bedroom house a 5 bedroom house, but move one bedroom to the attic and one to the basement (will mean bigger rooms and THREE more bathrooms! 5 people will be able to **** at the same time)
Bathrooms aren't in yet, I'm debating on what to do about the permits - might break down and have a plumber come out to correctly size the drains. Drainage makes me nervous because you can do it wrong and not see problems until way later.And you knew what you were doing removing the first floor walls?
Kind of. Two of the walls had a chimney going through them (which I also ripped out, and one wall was just a rickety partition thing someone had tried to build)
You have two means of egress from the basement for this bedroom?
It has an exterior door and stairs to the main floor. I thought the exterior door was the big thing you needed.
Tha attic bedroom has headroom clearance and windows?
Yup, attic is huge. 10 windows, probably 9 foot ceilings.
Putting one bedroom in the attic and one on the basement doesn't mean you still have the real estate definition of a 5 bedroom house.
Both new bedrooms could be illegal if they weren't permitted and inspected.
Three new bathrooms were permitted and inspected? New C of O produced?
Almost makes me wonder if I shouldn't get the plumbing hookups installed now, while the place looks like ****.Some other factors that will adjust the tax value upward include the following:
- Adding a new bathroom
- Adding a fireplace
- Adding a terrace
- Adding an extra room
- Expanding or adding a garage
- Finishing the basement
When you improve the property, the value is increased. When the value is increased, the taxes go up because the accessed valuation has gone up.Bathrooms aren't in yet, I'm debating on what to do about the permits - might break down and have a plumber come out to correctly size the drains. Drainage makes me nervous because you can do it wrong and not see problems until way later.
Do you know if adding bathrooms can increase your property taxes? I'm worried that if I fix up the house, and they find out, they'll reassess the value of my property and then increase my property tax - is that something to be worried about, or doesn't it work like that? If I put in illegal bathrooms, will I get 'caught' if I go to sell? Like I said, I'm not worried about a $250 building permit, but an extra $1,000 a year in property taxes is a big deal. I could end up retiring in this house, which is going to be hard to do if my property taxes are as much as rent.
That sucks =/ Wish I had a few extra thousand laying around so could just plumb everything, frame the basement, get the permits for that and not have to worry about anything till I can afford to build a garage. Guess building permits where I'm at are dirt cheap too - it's just having them come in, inspect everything and possibly raise my property taxes that sucks."Plus, if I sell in 20 years, they might always overlook the fact I didn't get a permit 20 years ago."
A little story. Cliff notes version:
I bought a house built in 1938 in 1978
Garage had no C of O
Bank didn't care and gave me a mortgage.
Building Dept didn't care either as my lawyer wrote them a letter.
Fast forward to 1992.
Seller's bank wouldn't give him a mortgage until I legalized a 54 year old building that was due to a clerical error.
But do whatever you want, it's your house.
Good luck.