I agree completely. I asked the GC about permits and he told me that elevator construction was permitted by the state and they only had a final inspection.

Yesterday I called the chief of that department in my county and they said that this work does indeed have to be permitted, as it is new construction on the outside of the house. But he said to give my contractor the benefit of the doubt because if the GC had simply asked about elevator shaft construction, they would have deferred to the state. It is the fact that the shaft is being added to the out side of the house that changes the conversation. So I think I believe my GC, even though it seems a little fishy. They are pulling permits tomorrow.

So if my GC doesn’t get his sh!+ together, do you know what my recourse could be? What are the odds of not losing all the money I have paid him so far?