Get official paperwork to guarantee the work There are two reasons we recommend you employ professionals to build the foundation of your property. First, you will have peace of mind that your property has been built on “solid ground” while also giving you the right to legal recourse (i.e., insurance) if anything goes wrong. Second, and more important, you are protecting the value of your investment. There may come a time when you need to sell your steel-frame property. Depending on where you live, the value of the property can be affected if there is no paperwork to prove that the property has been built to the standards required by local building regulations/authorities. In many instances, banks or building societies will not lend money to the purchaser of a property if it lacks the required paperwork and plans to prove that everything meets all official requirements. It is also worth noting that that if you do decide to build the property yourself and intend to do your own wiring and plumbing, it will also pay to have a registered electrician and registered plumber check and sign off on all your work to show that it has all been installed to the correct specifications. Note also that in many countries, it is against the law to install plumbing and fires/furnaces/boilers that involve gas unless you are fully trained and qualified.
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