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Unpermitted Addtions and Improvements are a material fact in North Carolina
And must be disclosed. I learned this in my update class last week. 9 firefighters were killed 2 years ago fighting a fire in a store that had "several structures were built without permits and compromised fire safety."  http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/may/16/report_store_violated_codescity_funded_a41083/Square footage of unpermitted additions or improvements must be represented accurately, notifying a prospective buyer that they may have to incur the cost of permitting the addition or improvement or even removing it. Unpermitted areas also don't show up on the tax rolls and home owners insurance may cover damages if there's proof that the unpermitted area caused the damage.Quoting from the Commission, " Representing the heated area in a manner that misleads  a prospective purchaser into believing that he or she is acquiring the lawful use of this space when that is not what is transpiring constitutes several violations of the License Law"So the listing agent must disclose the square footage of the unpermitted area as such so the prospective buyer knows that they will be incurring the additional cost to bring the area to code. Even is the seller choses to answer "no representation" a broker must still disclose the material fact.
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