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Open building permits (condo)

South Florida homebuyer here; I need some help. I was about to close on a condo when my attorney discovered open building permits from almost 20 years ago on the unit. Looks like a small section of the floor was retiled and it was never inspected. It seems it will cost a few hundred dollars to get the necessary paperwork done.

However, the seller is offering me a few grand to proceed with the closing and close the permit myself. My attorney seems non-plussed about it, but I have reservations. I suspect whatever was done was not to code, and the seller is trying to buy himself out of the headache.

Will the city/HOA give me grief/fine me if I don't resolve the permit immediately upon purchase? The unit is coming with a tenant delivered, and I don't want to have it be a problem to coordinate moving him out if the floor fails the inspection and needs to be re-done. Asking here because attorney didn't seem to think it would be an issue but I feel like I've heard horror stories about these sorts of situations...

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