Pre-Inspection Report
We've received our written pre-inspection report. This is an optional inspection by a former City inspector, to help identify things the actual City inspectors might cite us for, as required for condo conversion. Here is one of my partner's response to the document:
"I'm not terribly impressed with his report. For $600 I guess it will do... Certainly a few inaccuracies that we should address with him and have corrected. For example, my 220 electric for laundry was permitted and signed off - thankfully I kept copies. He outrageously suggests that I should remove $5000 worth of permitted laundry??? I don't think so!!"
And another: "A number of things on my list are not applicable - looks like he just cut and pasted."
Because some of our unit remodels go back to 2000, in many cases, he directs us to research permits on microfilm. It would have been helpful on this document to have been given a clue about where we go to do this. How would the average homeowner know the process for researching ten-year old inspections and permits on microfiche? Like, a URL or the name of the City department at least. I suppose there is a department called Building Inspection, but with this City you never know. After all, the condo lottery is managed by the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Street Use and Land Mapping Division. That's intuitive!
Note that on things like a kitchen "remodel" there needs to be separate plumbing, electric, AND general building inspector permits on file. What a crazy city. To put a new appliance in your kitchen you might need three inspector visits. No wonder the city has almost 30,000 employees.
Anyway, the list we have been given overall doesn't look too bad. We have a good contractor lined up to get work done.
The group will be meeting this Sunday, to decide what on this list we should address before the actual inspectors arrive.
"I'm not terribly impressed with his report. For $600 I guess it will do... Certainly a few inaccuracies that we should address with him and have corrected. For example, my 220 electric for laundry was permitted and signed off - thankfully I kept copies. He outrageously suggests that I should remove $5000 worth of permitted laundry??? I don't think so!!"
And another: "A number of things on my list are not applicable - looks like he just cut and pasted."
Because some of our unit remodels go back to 2000, in many cases, he directs us to research permits on microfilm. It would have been helpful on this document to have been given a clue about where we go to do this. How would the average homeowner know the process for researching ten-year old inspections and permits on microfiche? Like, a URL or the name of the City department at least. I suppose there is a department called Building Inspection, but with this City you never know. After all, the condo lottery is managed by the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Street Use and Land Mapping Division. That's intuitive!
Note that on things like a kitchen "remodel" there needs to be separate plumbing, electric, AND general building inspector permits on file. What a crazy city. To put a new appliance in your kitchen you might need three inspector visits. No wonder the city has almost 30,000 employees.
Anyway, the list we have been given overall doesn't look too bad. We have a good contractor lined up to get work done.
The group will be meeting this Sunday, to decide what on this list we should address before the actual inspectors arrive.
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