When buying a home it is important to know the status of any work that has been done and that everything has the proper permits and that the permits have been closed out. Often times the person selling the home has no idea about their own permit situation. They may have had some work done and their contractor told them everything was good to go and somewhere down the road they will find out that the permit is still open and if you are the new owner this is now your problem to deal with. A problem that can be very costly and time consuming. Sometimes work was done before the current owner bought the home and they have no idea anything could still be open because it hasn't come back to them yet.
The best way to protect yourself as a buyer is to do an open permit search. A good title company will take care of this for you but you have to ask for it because it normally is not done. Below is the City of Boca Development Services information so you can find out all of the information you need.
If you are selling your home it is a good idea to make sure your home has all of its permit issues in order because nothing can kill a deal faster than when a buyer finds out there are open permits. Take care of it before you have a buyer.
City of Boca Raton Development Services
201 W. Palmetto Park Rd.
Boca Raton, FL 33432
561.393.7700
www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us/dev/bp/
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