rifrickindiculous inspection dept

[LarryFine]

A friend of mine is building a house, and just recently put grass in his front yard. Then, his house was reassessed. The value went from $250K to $450K. He called to find out why, since the last time it was assessed was less than a year ago, when the final inspection was taking place, and the response was "Well, we figured you just got finished with your house, so it's got to be worth more now."

That can certainly be appealed.

 

[DanZ]

That can certainly be appealed.

Yeah, he's working on that now. He's also afraid of what would happen if he seeded his back yard!:grin:

Licensing is not only another source of revenue, it's a sort of guarantee that someone won't do truly hack work, since most municipalities charge for it, and require insurance and bonding to obtain a license.

 

[petersonra]

That's not the only reason: permits for work done by someone other than the homeowner require business licenses, which also increase revenue.

agreed. but its mostly about revenue, one way or the other.

 

[DanZ]

Yeah, they have become like...well, everything else. They started with a noble purpose, and somewhere along the lines, either got power hungry, or realized that it can be a cash crop.:roll: