Closing an inherited open permit

Curious if anyone has experience closing permits that were started by a previous homeowner? We are considering purchasing a property where the current homeowner did electrical work three years ago using a permit. The electrician disappeared and the current homeowner has not closed the permit. They said the electrical work has been done but obviously they can’t get any electrician to sign off on another electrician’s work. The kicker is that we plan on doing a degree of renovation, which will ultimately involve electrical, so not sure how this will complicate matters.

pammccray27

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nyc_sport | 1 year and 2 months ago

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We did this to ourself by firing our contractor at the end of a gut renovation in Manhattan. We did not know at the time the electric permit was still open. Joseph Weinstein Electric in Queens came in and finished off some clean-up electric work and got the permit closed.

mheimbinder | 1 year and 2 months ago

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You would need an electrical contractor to file a new permit application to supersede the old application. Since you’re planning your own renovation, you would want your architect and/or GC and expediter follow up on the specifics, and plan that filing as part of the permitting application (and the bidding process). It’s a little tricky, but not even close to unheard of in the universe of NYC renovations. Good luck!

mheimbinder | 1 year and 2 months ago

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You would need an electrical contractor to file a new permit application to supersede the old application. Since you’re planning your own renovation, you would want your architect and/or GC and expediter follow up on the specifics, and plan that filing as part of the permitting application (and the bidding process). It’s a little tricky, but not even close to unheard of in the universe of NYC renovations. Good luck!