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Originally Posted by KTrain
What sort of costs are involved in getting the permits? How long do the permits stay on the city record?
After looking at the permit document troutman posted I have a question. It says I need to include the names of any contractors and that those contractors are required to hold a valid City of Calgary business licence. If I'm doing the majority of the work myself how does this apply?
I want to do this development right as we're going to be staying in this house for a long time.
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The permit for electrical is around $70. The building permit will likely be in the $70 range too; just be sure to estimate your cost of materials low- $1500 should be fine.
As for getting a subcontractor to do the work, I know some people get a homeowner's permit, then say that they and a buddy did the work. The important thing is to make sure you know how everything works; the inspector asked me a couple of technical questions about my plumbing to test to see if I had done it myself.
With the electrical, the guy made a comment about it looking very professional. I started to tell him that my father is a licensed electrician, and he interupted me saying "ah, your dad helped- good to have a father like that." He then started to sign off on the inspection. I then told him that my dad lives in Winnipeg, and when I was a teenager I would spend summers helping him out with odd jobs. Basically my point is he was less concerned that I was related to an electrician that might have helped me; and was more interested in the quality of work that was done.
As for how long the permits stay- I don't know for sure. They stay on your "My Property" report for 3 years, and there is a big yellow permit sticker that stays on your electrical panel forever. (Unless for some strange reason you remove it- which I can't see why you would.)