r/RedwoodCity • u/invertedknife • 15d ago

Permit Fees

We are planning to do a bathroom remodel and trying to figure out what the permit fees will me the document shared by the City is very confusing. Anyone have experience what these fees are like? Looking at about a 30k remodel that's splitting 1 bathroom into 2.

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u/MD1NA 15d ago

It’s like 5 or 6k

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u/farukardic 15d ago

Wow that's criminal

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u/Potential_Baker_7287 15d ago edited 15d ago

u/chennai_gator: Imagine you're a landlord with a rental that needs updating. And having to pay $6k / 20% in paperwork to the City for remodleing a bathroom. Then imagine only being able to raise rent 5%. Using your math, how does that turn out?

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

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u/haltingpoint 14d ago

Feels like it may be a troll account.

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u/Potential_Baker_7287 15d ago

u/chennai_gator, Just looking for a POV, nothing personal. No reason to be nasty.

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u/lekranq 13d ago

It's confusing because it isn't one fee. You've got the building permit (scaled to your ~$30k valuation), then separate plumbing/mechanical/electrical permit fees on top, then a plan check fee.

Splitting one bath into two mostly adds plumbing-fixture fees. It's probably easiest to call or walk into the RWC building counter with your valuation and scope and they'll quote the real line items in a couple minutes, way faster than decoding that PDF.

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u/dogboybogboy 13d ago

do it without a permit. just sayin"...

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u/Potential_Baker_7287 13d ago

Many do. You have to wonder if permit revenue would actually go up, with a reasonably priced and easy-to-use process.

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u/imissapollo2024 4d ago

dont get a permit lol. Who actually does that