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Originally Posted by GLOW
if he had pulled a permit for the windows and an inspector came in, would/could they have snooped around at other things/areas in the house and be in a similar situation with the suite? or would they simply have stuck to the work itself (just the window reno)
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When I did my kitchen reno (completely stripped to subfloor and drywall, deleted a wall, moved almost all the electrical) the first inspector was in and out within 5 minutes (I assume they can tell from the drawings if a wall is structural since they didn't want to come til after it was demo'd) and the final inspection was less than 30 seconds (only thing he cared about was that I mudded the ceiling where the wall has been). Those could've been flukes or all inspections might be that basic, idk.
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Originally Posted by RuffleCopterz
Realtor told me it was legal as a "summer kitchen", what is this? Can't find any info on this, does this mean a kitchen in a secondary suite can only be used during the summer?
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It means it's not a legal suite. A summer kitchen is supposed to be used by the same people that use the regular kitchen, it's just in the basement so using the oven isn't so hot etc. Whether anyone ever did that or if it was just a sneaky way to build an illegal suite I'm not sure. Same deal with "in-law" suites, legal for your family to stay in it, illegal to rent to tenants.