What happens if you don't open the door to the tax assessor?

[loveithateit]

My experience is Smithtown, so you can ignore my response. When I bought my house, the seller needed to get a coc. Tax accessor did come out to my house at the end of the process before building dept issued the coc.

He didn't go walking all over the house like some of the stories you read here. He just looked and left. Lasted no longer then 2 mins.

[Kodi]

I have another question.... if we want to remodel an old bathroom without moving plumbing, do we need a permit? We want to replace fittings and new tiles.

[nuts2uiam]

I remodeled two baths in two different homes and did not get a permit, and sold both homes with no problem. It was never a question. I remodeled my kitchen in conjunction with an addition of a breakfast room so I had to get a permit for the addition, and obviously that entailed electrical work. The kitchen electric was inspected (kitchen electric changed to work with the new room and brought to current codes), and I did not feel separate paperwork. I know of no one that did a kitchen or bath reno that was essentially just an update as opposed to a full demo that obtained a permit.

[mmand]

Originally Posted by Kodi

I have another question.... if we want to remodel an old bathroom without moving plumbing, do we need a permit? We want to replace fittings and new tiles.

You don't need a permit for this.

[Kodi]

ok thank you for the info. Apart from adding a full dormer, there are other improvements we want to do in the first floor like replacing the hardwood floor and redoing the bathroom which will increase the value of the house. So I'll rather do the improvements after the CO is issued for the 2nd floor and the kitchen.