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So here goes: A couple of months ago, my wife and I bought our first house. We planned to do a bunch of renovations ourselves (I’m a designer, and handy), but the more we got into it, the more we realized we needed to do. Eventually we got ourselves into a situation where we had done too much work to file, but needed to do even more to do it right. So now …. with many walls open and plenty of new plumbing and new electric (none of it filed), we got a visit from the DOB. An inspector came by today and asked if he could come into the property. I said I would prefer not, and he proceeded to give me a “notice to call for inspection”. he told me I needed to call to schedule an inspection, or they would revisit. panic. assuming I’ve already received 50 posts about how I really messed up, blew it, what was I thinking, can anybody give me a little insight about how I might deal with this situation. if I don’t call, how soon before they show up again? if I do call, how long can I put off my inspection for? can I schedule out a month or so, or are they going to want to come next week? Should I just put my cards on the table, take the fines (how big are they??) and file for the work I’ve done; or should I try to delay them for long enough to cover electric and plumbing with sheetrock?

oh yes, are first child is due in a couple of months. I’m dead. any advice would be GREATLY appreciated.