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I have been having an existing bathroom in my brownstone’s English basement renovated. it was in really bad shape when I bought the place 6 months ago, so effectively everything in it is new at this point. It’s about 90% completed right now. Apparently one of my neighbors decided that I was having work done without permits, and snitched to the DoB about 3 months ago. The inspector came by the other day and issued a stop work order. I am confused because I didn’t think renoavations to an existing bathroom required permits. Anyone have thoughts on what I should do next? How do I prove that the bathroom isn’t new?