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I dont make $70/hour!! Buts thats what it costs for an hour of my time. It covers fuel for the truck, office , cell phone , fuel, computer, my pay, benefits, part of it is for my support staff in another office. So its expensive. All government is.
 
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Yup its all cost of sales or at least cost of doing business day to day comes out of someones pocket somewhere goobermint or private. Doesn't give a license to steal or cheat but it is a fact of life. :thumbsup:

Some of these charges you guys are mentioning like $700 for just a permit for a pole that is insane I would be pissed too. :mad:
 
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Just wait till you hear this. In my small town of like 50 people (actual intown pop), we opted out of county inspections and permits! You can actually build a house in the town limit (if your in the county you have to follow permitting laws) and not have a single inspection or really have to build to any codes! Now that does not mean if you need a loan your bank wont require inspections.

But you can drill a well have your AC repaired/replace, reframe, move walls, add on, reroof, put new carpet in whatever and never need a permit. No inspector or county person will ever come and stop a job, they have NO authority inside the town limit, which is only like a 1 mile diameter circle.
 
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Now thats my kind of town! :laughing:
 
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Imagine my surprise, i did not find this out till after i had either bought the house or put offer on it? I did not have to permit the rewire, the reroof, any interior changes, or new AC etc. Some places go crazy and almost make new fixtures require a permit if they catch you doing something else!
 
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Just wait till you hear this. In my small town of like 50 people (actual intown pop), we opted out of county inspections and permits! You can actually build a house in the town limit (if your in the county you have to follow permitting laws) and not have a single inspection or really have to build to any codes! Now that does not mean if you need a loan your bank wont require inspections.

But you can drill a well have your AC repaired/replace, reframe, move walls, add on, reroof, put new carpet in whatever and never need a permit. No inspector or county person will ever come and stop a job, they have NO authority inside the town limit, which is only like a 1 mile diameter circle.

yeah.. I followed the connwction between the 29/70. everythings cheaper down here.. :)

On the no permoit issue.. I've heard of that before. our estimater that retired mov3ed north.. may have been to carolinas? where he is at.. same deal.. no permits.. no nothing...
 
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Bad thing about permits is its a contract with the tax assessor. Its not like you can say "that was here when I bought the place" or "what add on's?" its there forever.
 
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Yup its all cost of sales or at least cost of doing business day to day comes out of someones pocket somewhere goobermint or private. Doesn't give a license to steal or cheat but it is a fact of life. :thumbsup:

Some of these charges you guys are mentioning like $700 for just a permit for a pole that is insane I would be pissed too. :mad:

The permit for my upcoming ~2,000 SF house will cost ~$6,500. It's so high that they now have an online permit fee calculator.

Fire Protection Fee $152
Park Maintenance Fee $252
Transportation Impact Fee $5,372 (yep FIVE THOUSAND BUCKS)

... plus the actual "Permit Fee" etc.

When I built my current house ~1991 the fee was ~$300 ... you didn't even think about it, you just went down & paid your reasonable fee & began building. I honestly think this is one of many ways anti-progress folks are stymieing progress/construction. But, think about it - what this will really do is affect poor people even more. Richer people won't be bothered by a high permit fee; some less-wealthy people may have to just forgo building altogether.
 
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And back to the reason i started this post. The forums goofed again a few hours ago and when i went to reply all i got was a tbn logo on top left and a link to home?
 

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