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A few years ago I bought a house in Shirely with a finnished basement. My intentions were to rent the house, yet I never went through the rental registration process. The house is/has been rented for a few years now and I am going through the process to get the permit and make it all legal. Unfortunatly, the town is very vague on the codes/laws/rules, and they seem to change with each person you speak to.
I was wondering if anyone got a rental registration permit on a house with a finnished basement and what that basement was like. I figure if someone has similar setup/situation, then the town MAY be ok with it. Here are the main issues/questions...
1) I was first told that I would need an egress window. Now I am being told that since it has an seperate OSE and another stair access into the main house, it 's oK? Any ideas?
2) There is a bathroom in the basement. All of the plumbing goes into a pit/tank in the concreet floor and is then pumped out via an ejector pump. What does the town think of this?
3)The oil tank is in the basment in a seperate closet. Does anyone have their oil tank in their finnished basement?
4)What about the burner/boiler? I read on someone's blog that the town made them put up a steel door in front of it. Is there any truth to that?
Any feedback as to the town's views on this matter, or complications anyone has had would be appreciated.
A few years ago I bought a house in Shirely with a finnished basement. My intentions were to rent the house, yet I never went through the rental registration process. The house is/has been rented for a few years now and I am going through the process to get the permit and make it all legal. Unfortunatly, the town is very vague on the codes/laws/rules, and they seem to change with each person you speak to.
I was wondering if anyone got a rental registration permit on a house with a finnished basement and what that basement was like. I figure if someone has similar setup/situation, then the town MAY be ok with it. Here are the main issues/questions...
1) I was first told that I would need an egress window. Now I am being told that since it has an seperate OSE and another stair access into the main house, it 's oK? Any ideas?
2) There is a bathroom in the basement. All of the plumbing goes into a pit/tank in the concreet floor and is then pumped out via an ejector pump. What does the town think of this?
3)The oil tank is in the basment in a seperate closet. Does anyone have their oil tank in their finnished basement?
4)What about the burner/boiler? I read on someone's blog that the town made them put up a steel door in front of it. Is there any truth to that?
Any feedback as to the town's views on this matter, or complications anyone has had would be appreciated.
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