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Icetech said

yup.. people sitll do that here, a store near me ripped down the entire building except a few feet of wall and "Remodeled" the entire building :)

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Here a remodel is much easier to get permitted. New construction is really a bear...all the required studies and forms... seismic. Ocean. Runoff. Thermal. Sheer strength of structures. All require a specific engineer.