Good morning, Listservmates, I hope you all had a nice weekend. I have a client who owns a short-term rental in Lumberland in Sullivan County. They received a Notice of Violation / Order to Remedy from the Town of Lumberland alleging, among other things, an "illegal basement bedroom" and an "unapproved change of use." The notice arose following a Fire Department response to the property for a carbon monoxide incident during a power outage. The generator has since been professionally inspected and remains completely out of service, and their Generac technician is scheduled to relocate it approximately 17 feet farther from the house this coming Monday and Tuesday. Airbnb has completed its Safety review, lifted all restrictions on the listing, and authorized them to relist. However, they purchased the property as a three-bedroom home, and the lower-level sleeping room has large French doors that open directly onto the exterior patio and yard. The property was also operated as a short-term rental for years before they purchased it. They need an attorney and/or expeditor to help them resolve the Illegal Basement Bedroom violation. Does anyone have a recommendation? Thank you. PLEASE SEND ALL DOCUMENTATION TO OUR SYOSSET OFFICE AND NOTE OUR NEW FIRM NAME AND ADDRESS BELOW. WARNING! WIRE FRAUD ADVISORY: Wire fraud and email hacking/phishing attacks are on the increase! If you have an escrow or closing transaction with us and you receive an email containing Wire Transfer Instructions, DO NOT RESPOND TO THE EMAIL! Instead, call our office immediately, using previously known contact information and NOT information provided in the email, to verify the information prior to sending funds. [cid:image001.png@01DD1296.9763AFF0] Peter J. Goodman, Esq., Partner 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 250 |Syosset, NY 11791 (Enter parking lot at Underhill Blvd) 2801 Emmons Avenue; Suite 104 | Brooklyn, NY 11235 Main Line: 718-934-8811 | 516-747-1136 Mobile: 516-361-4875 | Fax No.: 516-740-0887 Text Message only: (917) 525-5919 Pgoodman@bfslawfirm.com<mailto:Pgoodman@bfslawfirm.com> visit our websites at: www.bfslawfirm.com<http://www.bfslawfirm.com/> www.bfsrealestatelaw.com<http://www.bfsrealestatelaw.com/> Other Locations 130 West Main Street East Islip, NY 11730 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer where it may reside. Replies Filtered: Any incoming e-mail reply to this communication will be electronically filtered for "spam" and/or "viruses." That filtering process may result in such reply being quarantined (i.e., potentially not received at our site at all) and/or delayed in reaching us. For that reason, we may not receive your reply and/or we may not receive it in a timely manner. Accordingly, you should consider sending communications to us which are particularly important or time-sensitive by means other than e-mail.
