I have recently placed an offer to purchase a SRO townhouse that has been converted to a two unit dwelling with an owner’s triplex and a 1-bedroom rental unit on the ground floor. The DOB does not have a certificate of occupancy on file and there are no permits on file for the work that was recently completed. I realize that there are a multitude of issues I will encounter due to the current status of the building, but my question relates to the difficulty in obtaining a CoO after title clears, assuming I am able to obtain financing. Apparently, the owner of the property has occupied the triplex for over three years and the ground level unit has remained vacant for about the same length of time. I plan on living in the triplex and renting out the ground floor unit, and don’t plan on doing any renovations in the near term \u00e2\u20ac\u201c although this could change. Is a CoNH required in this instance before I can obtain a CoO? Has anyone gone through an experience similar to the one I have described? If so, could you please lend your thoughts on the challenges\/costs that I might encounter in obtaining a CoO?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have recently placed an offer to purchase a SRO townhouse that has been converted to a two unit dwelling with an owner’s triplex and a 1-bedroom rental unit on the ground floor. The DOB does not have a certificate of occupancy on file and there are no permits on file for the work that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-54962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c_of_o"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/04\/purchasing-a-sr\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Purchasing a SRO – Obtaining CoO","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/04\/purchasing-a-sr\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/04\/purchasing-a-sr\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"C of O","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"carljnyc"}],"creator":["carljnyc"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2011-04-06T11:45:22Z","datePublished":"2011-04-06T11:45:22Z","dateModified":"2011-04-06T11:55:04Z"},"rendered":"