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Re: Rehab or Renovation Standards
Why would you want to encourage people to make changes to homes without meeting building code? Granted older homes only have to meet the codes for when they were built...unless their is a major renovation and then the system be renovated must be brought up to current code.
I agree that anything you publish that indicates it is ok not to meet code, will put you on the liability hook. The reason codes have changed is to make homes safer. By ignoring code, you are building in unsafe features.
Buyers want a safe house. If they are comparing two houses, House A "rehabbed with an occasional nod towards code, or House B "rehabbed and brought up to meet current code". Which house do you think they are more likely to buy? Which house will they pay a premium for?
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