Unpermitted Kitchens Need to Become Wet Bars (Yank Out Stove)

We have a purchase involving a full un-permitted kitchen in a basement area. We instructed the Realtor to simply remove the stove before the appraiser arrives and call the area a “really nice wet bar” with a refrigerator, lots of cabinetry, large counters, and a big gap where the stove used to be.

I am being a little facetious, but this does work. An un-permitted stove represents a “health and safety issue,” and must be removed.* Lenders allow wet bars, no matter how unconventional they might be.

* If the stove gets put back in place after close of escrow, we and the lender will never know.

Jay Voorhees
Founder/Broker | JVM Lending
(855) 855-4491 | DRE# 1197176, NMLS# 310167