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ScottishCalvin t1_j20raae wrote

Photograph everything. They will try to cut corners because it saves cost and boosts the profit margin on the project.

We had a hole-digging start next to our house before the new owner had even had the permits transferred to their name. I phoned up the previous owner who was shocked and surprised "They're already digging but under my company's name?", then he called someone he knew downtown and about 20 minutes later a Tony Soprano figure showed up to shut it down and post stop work orders. Despite this, 2 days later I videoed them taking the signs down and trying to recommence work claiming that they'd already paid for the permits last week - "yeah, but you don't have them yet" (at which point you can call the police)

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Fattom23 OP t1_j20s2b9 wrote

Good advice. I hate the part at the end where I rely on Philly PD to do anything, though.

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AbsentEmpire t1_j21mkig wrote

It's pretty low effort for them to send a car over to tell several people to fuck off of a site, they might actually do it.

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ScottishCalvin t1_j23o9bi wrote

Them: "let's start digging a huge hole in the ground next to someone's house"

L&I: "You don't have permits or a license to do that. Stop it."

Them: "Nah, let's just do it anyway, screw the building code"

Police: "Get permits, or down tools, or we'll be forced to arrest you"

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