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New deck! Reale Estate/Construction question
Jabba:
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Zakk:
Recoup cost: Not likely, unless it brings up the entire value of the house. General rule is: "If you built it strictly to up the value and sell the house, it can change the price, if you did it for yourself and for your enjoyment, then you shouldn't expect to recover the costs"
One thing, check your local bylaws. Most municipalities require permits for large structures. We have a loophole here that states you don't need a permit if the deck isn't connected to the house. If it IS, you need one. And the "I just won't tell anyone about it" can backfire, since most cities use satellite photos and overlay maps. On the website for our city for example, you can check out what your yard looked like back as far as 1998. If there is ever a question about when a structure was built (but sir, it was there when I bought the house!!), they just look at that image.
And dammit it's REAL estate, not Peale estate! ;)
Jabba:
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Hey Zakk, what website is that? I've been searching the internet to get a picture of my property but none seem to exists. Kinda interesting your city has one of these. I tried the Microsoft TerraServer http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ but it doesn't make its way up in Canada. I'm in Ottawa. Thanks.
Zakk:
http://www.london.ca/_private/Maps/Maps.htm
Click on CITY MAP under the E-maps, then a map should pop up which you can zoom in and out of. Now down the left side are all the options. Near the bottom of the scroll window there is a box marked Aerial Photos and a date box. Click that, then REDRAW MAP and then start moving around the map. You have to be zoomed in fairly close to get any detail, but you can manually set the distance to 150 meters in the upper right corner, then click on an area. This is how you can see pretty much anything that isn't covered. I figure most cities would have something similar, although some of the time you have to go through city hall to access them.
GGKoul:
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Click on CITY MAP under the E-maps, then a map should pop up which you can zoom in and out of.
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