We contracted with with the local company to have a small 8' x 8' metal she=d built in our back yard, but they didn't tell us we needed a permit which =we got pinged for. We've only lived in the house for a year, and growing u=p in the country it never crossed my mind that a permit might be needed.Now after talking to the contractor we've found the shed needs to be moved =6 feet due to an easement along the back of our property -- we built it 4 f=eet from back fence but easement is 10 feet. The City said the contractor =should've told us about the permit given they build in the city all the tim=e, and after talking to someone with the contractor even though she didn't =claim fault she did act pissed that the person I bought the shed from didn'=t mention a permit. =20The problem though is on the back of the paperwork I signed buried in the s=mall print and wrapped around the legalize it does say I'm liable for all p=ermits, but given I asked the person if there's anything we needed to do or= prepare for the building, which his answer was No, what liability do we ha=ve? I'm still waiting to hear from the builder, but this is quite frustrat=ing since we had a set budget and the building was just a hair over that...= so spending extra cash to have it moved would suck.So with this does anyone have any pointers I can use or say to the contract=or if they either refuse to move it or want to charge some outrageous price= to do so? The shed isn't on a slab, rather it's on blocks so I'd think th=ey'd have some way to pull it up 6 feet.Thanks for any suggestions. Also I'd rather not say the name of the contra=ctor, which is a national company, until I hear back from them. But I'll p=ost updates as I get more info.

built in our back yard, but they didn't tell us we needed a permit which we gotpinged for. We've only lived in the house for a year, and growing up in thecountry it never crossed my mind that a permit might be needed.feet due to an easement along the back of our property -- we built it 4 feetfrom back fence but easement is 10 feet. The City said the contractor should'vetold us about the permit given they build in the city all the time, and aftertalking to someone with the contractor even though she didn't claim fault shedid act pissed that the person I bought the shed from didn't mention a permit.small print and wrapped around the legalize it does say I'm liable for allpermits, but given I asked the person if there's anything we needed to do orprepare for the building, which his answer was No, what liability do we have? I'm still waiting to hear from the builder, but this is quite frustrating sincewe had a set budget and the building was just a hair over that... so spendingextra cash...

Had shed built but contractor didn't get permit -- now needs to be moved.

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krw 15 years ago

Sure, but the permit is only needed so the tax assessors can do their job.

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Robert Neville 15 years ago

And so that the code inspectors (if required) can check your work.

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krw 15 years ago

An 8'x8' metal shed needs to be inspected? Riiiigggggtttt.

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Robert Neville 15 years ago

And an 8x8 shed without a temporary foundation will impact a tax assessment? Riiigggggtttt.

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Kurt Ullman 15 years ago

In Indiana, any improvement can impact on the assessment.

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krw 15 years ago

Of course, all laws and practices are uniform across the entire reach of the Usenet. Riiigggggtttt.

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