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Sellers are legally required to disclose any additions or unpermitted work that they know about. However, by being upfront about the situation, you can work with buyers to assure them that the work can be fixed. Selling a house with unpermitted work is possible ? even easy ? if the changes are minor.

Examples of works that do NOT require a Building Permit: siding on small residential buildings. Build a roofless deck less than two feet in height. Build a utility shed less than 10 m2 (108 square feet) Re-shingle a roof, providing there is no structural work.

When you need a building permit. You must obtain a building permit before you: construct any new building over ten square meters in area or place another structure, such as a mobile home, on your property. make renovations or repairs or add to a building.

Regardless of the deck's walking surface area, if the deck is adjacent to or attached to the house and its walking surface is more than 600 mm (24 in.) above the adjacent grade, a permit is required.

A building permit is required in Ontario for almost all domestic renovation projects before construction of any kind begins. This includes the addition, repair, renovation, demolition, or structural alterations of livable spaces on your property.

Building permits are not required for open-roofed pergolas that are at least 50% open and can not support any accumulated snow (e.g. 2×4's spaced 12? apart). Building permits are also not required for detached, one-storey storage sheds that do not exceed 15 square metres (161 square feet).

Is a building permit required? The Ontario Building Code was recently changed to allow for sheds up to 160 square feet to be built WITHOUT a building permit. Any structure larger than 160 square feet requires a building permit. For structures over 160 square feet, we will handle the permit process for you.

It can be a little as 1 foot, as in a driveway. But, before you pour you need to check on two things. First, if there are any restrictive covenants on the property, a Homeowner's Association, those C&Rs take precedent over municipal codes- you should get HOA Architectural Committee approval before you pour.