[Cob] Cheap Land with no building restrictions

[Amanda Peck]

The question for me would be, what if I needed to sell and someone wanted to 
buy the house and property, but needed a mortgage to do so?  Lenders might 
well want some sort of inspection, refuse to lend at all or only go for much 
less than the asking price if it didn't pass their standards.

Friends here decided to finish their house after four years, needed to hire 
people to do a lot of the work, therefore needed a mortgage.  All the 
companies that were interested in making the loan wanted a lot of things 
done or redone--wiring and plumbing were the big systems I think--before 
they would consider money for the roof and walls.  Had to come up to utility 
company inspection on the electricity even though they were never planning 
to be anything except solar with a generator backup.

And the minimum of electrical inspection is required here if you want 
mains--or grid--electricity.
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Pat Newberry on the current thread about building codes:
Not sure about Texas, but in Georgia there are no state building codes,
thus if there are no local building code, there are no building codes.

When I built my house there were no building code, but now the county
has building codes but I am "grandfathered" in so at least I am safe.

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