[WSBARP] discrepancy between Property Appraiser and Property

[Kary Krismer]

  One disadvantage to that is they would then know it was unpermitted, 
and then have to disclose that as a fact rather than "don't know" on 
Form 17.

I had an interesting experience with unpermitted work last year. Despite 
applying for permits, the prior owner apparently never had them 
finalized.  That was over 20 years ago, and the county showed no 
interest in going out an inspecting the property, in part because they 
wouldn't know what code provisions to apply!

In another case, an eastside city did come out an permit after the fact 
some then current owner remodel work, and while some obvious plumbing 
venting issues did require being addressed, they let slide some 
electrical issues, such as number of outlets on a wall.

Getting back to the OP's question, those sorts of issues are more likely 
to be issues for a seller in a more normal market.  For that second 
situation I was critical of the appraiser using two short sales as comps 
when the sale itself was not a short sale and that area had very few 
short sales--so obviously a different market time.

Kary L. Krismer
John L. Scott/KMS Renton
206 723-2148

On 6/1/2018 2:46 PM, scott at scottgthomaslaw.com wrote:
>
> Why not walk over to the county or city permit counter, and ask to 
> look at the file they maintain on the parcel to see if it was permitted?
>
> *From:* wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com 
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> *Sent:* Friday, June 1, 2018 2:27 PM
> *To:* 'WSBA Real Property Listserv' <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> *Subject:* [WSBARP] discrepancy between Property Appraiser and Property
>
> Happy Friday List Mates.
>
> I have a client purchasing a property where the county websites states 
> it’s 2.5 baths and the home has 3 baths. If it was done without 
> permits I am aware that many municipalities would make the new owner 
> pull permits, submit plans, inspect and then force them to correct any 
> deficiencies.
>
> Is there any other downside to the Buyer to be aware of? Is Buyer 
> obligated to notify the property appraiser of the discrepancy?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Nestor Gorfinkel, Attorney at Law
>
> Licensed in Washington & Florida
>
> Florida Civil-Law (International) Notary
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