The wife and I have been looking to purchase our first home way up in Humboldt Co. California. We've found one that we like in a nice area. It's a 4bd 3 ba, dual master suite with about 1600 sq. ft. and was built in 1985.
The problem is about 600 sqft of it and 1 bathroom are an addition. We went to the county building department and they have nearly no records on the house, all they have is the original site plan and the final inspection from 1985. They could not locate a permit for the addition.
However we've also checked with the county assessors office and they show the home originally as 1050sq ft with a 600 sq ft addition being added in 1986, they also note a permit number, though to this day they still have it as a 4bd 2ba.
My question is what kind of problems could we run into down the road by not having the actual permit for the add-on and why would the assessor not know about the additional bathroom? (possibly built without permit later on?)
We'd like to put an offer down, but we want to cover our bases down the road when we go to sell it.
Thanks all!
The problem is about 600 sqft of it and 1 bathroom are an addition. We went to the county building department and they have nearly no records on the house, all they have is the original site plan and the final inspection from 1985. They could not locate a permit for the addition.
However we've also checked with the county assessors office and they show the home originally as 1050sq ft with a 600 sq ft addition being added in 1986, they also note a permit number, though to this day they still have it as a 4bd 2ba.
My question is what kind of problems could we run into down the road by not having the actual permit for the add-on and why would the assessor not know about the additional bathroom? (possibly built without permit later on?)
We'd like to put an offer down, but we want to cover our bases down the road when we go to sell it.
Thanks all!