If MB intended or wanted to pull permits, the work would need to be done by a licensed contractor. It appears MB chose to engage RG to do the work without a contract, without permits and without a certificate of occupancy for the living quarters in the barn.
You don’t know this as it didn’t involve you witbessing it BUT even if true the culpability is still on the one ACTING AND RECEIVING COMPENSATION as if a licensed contractor.
Sorry, he wasn’t trying to get his buildings in general condemned, but according to LK ripped out the smoke detectors in the LK apartment, possibly to get them kicked out.
At a minimum, a reputable contractor should have reviewed a permit pulled by an owner to verify it covered the scope of the work being done. At a minimum, a reputable contractor should have questioned the lack of inspections and inspector sign-offs being done in accordance with the permits that should have been done.
More importantly, I wonder what is going on with the contempt situation for Jonathan and Kirby Kanarek because they failed to respond to their subpoena and then after contempt charges were filed they had someone who is not their lawyer do a very poor job at filing an attempt to quash things. Oh but wait, before that filing, after the contempt thing, Jonathan Kanarek posted here on the forum that all that paperwork was filed but lost, but I guess that was a lie too.
What a mess they are making of things.
Me too! I would love to watch both those lawyers in action. Well all three. I want to know if Bruce looks the same when trying to get his point across as one imagines him looking after reading his written responses.
Is that the type of thing that will be “announced” (I am sure that is not the right word) on the court site so we will know if they will be on live?
What if MB decided it was easier and cheaper to go with an unlicensed handyman and not bother with permits?
Wouldn’t the decision to not bother with an occupancy permit for the barn living quarters have been made well prior to RG and LK arriving there? Are you going to say that’s RGs fault, too?
See, I want to see all three too! I think it would be fascinating to watch. We saw a little bit of Mr Deininger already, but I’d love to to see Mr Silver and Bruce in action.
I keep checking the website (darn you palm trees) for any info regarding when that might happen.