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Q. Do you have any suggestions on how we can guarantee our house won’t be damaged while we have a renovation done? We’re doing a lot of work to add a back family room and a second floor.
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By Monte Leeper
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2/5/26
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Q. Every winter I get terrible colds, and this year I got a postcard from a company that cleans air conditioning ducts. Does this help?
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By Monte Leeper
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1/29/26
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Q. I wanted to add on to the den on the side of my house. The den has been there since 1930. The problem I’m having is that if I want to make the addition so that it’s in alignment with the current den, the side distance to my property line is too close . . .
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By Monte Leeper
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1/29/26
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Q. I notice you write about getting building permits all the time. You would think it was obvious, yet you devote many of your columns to reminding people to get permits. Is this because you find that people don’t already know this?
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By Monte Leeper
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1/23/26
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Q. I keep going back and forth, literally, from my plans to my yard, because we’re putting on an addition, which I wanted to be bigger, but I also want to avoid a zoning variance.
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By Monte Leeper
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1/22/26
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Q. Our house was damaged by a fire over 10 years ago, renovated and finished. We are now refinancing, and discovered we have no “closed” permits for the work.
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By Monte Leeper
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7/30/25
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Q. We purchased a home three years ago, knowing we wanted to make changes. When we started interviewing people, especially architects, we started hearing things we hadn’t expected about permits . . .
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By Monte Leeper
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7/30/25
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Q. I’m trying to figure out what to do about the old construction on my house that I am being told needs permits before I can finish selling.
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By Monte Leeper
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7/30/25
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Q. We want to add a family room at the back of our house. Even though we have over 50 feet to work with to the back property line . . .
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By Monte Leeper
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7/30/25
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Q. We want to add a family room at the back of our house. Even though we have over 50 feet to work with to the back property line, we are being told that our garage is a problem . . .
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By Monte Leeper
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7/23/25
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