Basement development?

[Midknight]

1 - Yes you would need a permite if you are changing electrical & plumming.
2 - If you hire a contractor and he says "don't worry about permits" I would worry about they because if they screw up you are the one that could be in trouble.
All new electical needs to be inspected to comply with your insurance.
Or so i beleive...

[OCDP]

Tony,

FWIW ... my dad has his own contracting company.. he does tons upon tons of side jobs, developing basements, bathrooms, whatever it may be... he does the drawings as well. He developed a basement for some friends a couple years ago.. buddy wanted his basement into a pub, and a pub he got.. it turned out and looks like a full on pub. Anyways.. I hope I'm on the right page, if not .. ignore me... but he's great with developing , well.. anything IMHO.

My dad would be more than willing to hear you out on what needs to be done and so on... so if your up for anything let me know.. and again, if I'm way out to lunch on this post then ignore me... it's Monday, I'm tired ...

[Delphinus]

Hi Midknight - I didn't mean to say that a contractor would say "don't worry about the permits you don't need them", I meant that a contractor is supposed to say "don't worry about the permits, you need them, but I am supposed to take care of all that." It's sort of outlined in our city's webpages, I'm not sure how much this varies from municipality to municipality.

Scott - no you're not off base - maybe PM me his contact info and I can give him a call sometime. Sounds like there are a few people on here who know people, that's awesome. Ultimately I think what's going to happen is I'm going to DIY anyhow, just on account of timing and funds (at least I can blame myself for going over budget and not finishing on time), but I wouldn't mind a few #'s that I could call just to try to get a feel of "what it would cost to have someone else do it."