If you’re trying to buy a new home, or are wanting to sell yours, it can be frustrating to say the least, to have to wait while open violations are addressed.
With a variety of building violations that building owners or managers could be charged with, removing them quickly but effectively, is of great importance, and here are just some of the violations you might fall victim to in NYC today:
- Environmental control board violations
- Department of transportation violations
- Housing preservations and development violations (HPD)
- Fire department violation
- Department of sanitation violations
If you’ve been given a violation order for a building you own or manage in NYC, you can reach out to a construction contractor within the city who will conduct a rigorous assessment of the entire building and help you remove the violation safely, and within the confines of the law.
How can a construction company help with the entire violation removal process?
Violations can be frustrating and costly, but with expert guidance from a construction contractor in the locality, you can get them removed with minimal fuss and expense. Here are just some of the ways that a professional violations removal company can help you:
- They can represent you in the Environmental Control Board (ECB) court and fill in all of the necessary documents for the Department of Buildings (DOB).
- Before purchasing a new property, they will inspect the building and determine whether there are any existing, outstanding violations, or the likelihood of any being incurred.
Basically, choosing the right violations removal company will make the process much more manageable, and enable you to get back to business, or selling your home (or whatever your circumstances may be), as quickly as possible.
What penalties might you incur for failing to remove a violation?
Failing to take action to remove a buildings violation typically results in a hefty, and often severepenalty from the ECB. Providing you with up to 35 days from the date the notice was issued to repair or remove the violation, if you don’t do so, you’ll be in line for any one of the following penalties:
- Default penalty –imposed by the ECB for failure to appear in court for the first notice violation, a second or even third penalty will be imposed for continued failure to appear in court as requested.
- Mitigated penalty – following first offense violations, this reduced form of penalty is given after satisfactory evidence of compliance has been demonstrated, approved and submitted before the first scheduled date of the hearing.
- Second offense maximum default penalty – again imposed by the ECB, this is a penalty for failing to appear before the court a second or multiple time to address a violation.
How much it costs to remove violations in the city of New York depends entirely on their number, type and condition, but engaging with a local violation removals company will help you get the matter solved as quickly as possible.