Just An Observation

Dear Reader:

I thought that the city inspectors were here to see that the property was in a safe condition so that dwellers would be safe but I find that is not always true. I had an interesting conversation with one of the city inspectors not long ago and what he said to me was not about the safety of the tenants but he was more interested in what I was charging my tenants and how I collected my money. Legally I had broken no laws when I received this particular situration, but the city enact new laws every day and I guess you are suppose to bring a one hundred year old building up to the same code that the building that was built yesterday. So you can be in compliance.
Casing point I had a porch built over 12 years ago and I know that new regulations has been enacted since and he wants me now to tear down my porch and rebuild it to bring it into compliance with todays standards. Pull a permit, what in the world I need with a permit when I am not the builder. The contractor is out business and he had licenss to do business in the city of Chicago, when he built my porch. Many inspector has seen this porch and now all of a sudden its unfit. What do you do with city hall.