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Generally speaking, avoid it when you have a suspicion about legal issue. :)
I'm confident that the house currently is in good standing after the kitchens and bathrooms were removed. However, after purchasing the property, I'd like to add the kitchen back. I will be renting to close family members so secrecy regarding mail is not a problem. We can also share the same address.
The current owners told me it was because of the partition of the address, and that there were two cable installations both under different names. One to 204-A, and one to 204-B. The owner/landlord occupied the top floor, which is just 204. So there were a total of 3 addresses. I don't see why they'd lie to me. The outlook is that I think I can get it for below market value. I don't see any point of them lying about this especially since there probably are many people out there that will be more than happy to live the whole house to themselves even if they were to pay a higher price. Heck, if they didn't say anything I wouldn't have known that the city asked that they remove the illegal additions.
I guess SF ace answered my question - that it's possible to get caught from having suspicious partitions of the address. Thanks!
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Hello all,
I'm seeking the help from fellow patrick.net forum members for your expertise.
There is a property that I am considering to purchase a house that has 2 floors. The lower floor has 3 rooms that are warranted it seems because it shows up on some county records. But the bathroom and the kitchen were removed very sloppily and the owners said that the city had instructed them to remove it. The property supposedly doesn't have any more red flags with the city.
Here's the tricky part. They claimed that the city found out about it because they had two units downstairs for a total of 3 families living in it. There were 2 cable bills and 3 telephone bills all under different names, and they've added an address of 204-A, 204-B to the 204 door number on the address.
The thing is I don't know if I want to believe that that is how the city found out about it. Is that even possible? I suspect that a neighbor reported them. I too intend to make an in-law unit downstairs to rent out as well (But obviously not 2 units. That's just too much.). But I wouldn't want to get ratted on.
Anyone have any experience with this? Can it be possible that partitioning out your address like that alert the city to come check on your home? Any ways I can check if there were any complaints on the property?
Thanks in advance!