soyogirl2000
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? florida......recently found out that our two car garage was converted into an extra room that we are using as our son's bedroom is illegal. We just got an appraisal and was told that it was not concidered legal as there was no permits or ammendments filed. We were told that we could not conder the square footage as living space and further more would be responsible for bringing it up to code should we decide to sell, or worse, if anything were to happen and we needed to file an insurance claim that we would be denied. God forbid the ceiling fell or an electrical fire started while my son is sleeping. We purchased it from the original owner who was a realtor and thought that our broker would have known this to be something of uttmost importance. Do we have any recourse now that we have the owner for 5 years? Are there any programs that can help financially. Are we alone in the liability? Any advice would be appreciated.