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MC Construction Bathroom Remodeling: Fraud Warning, Not Licensed

Read this before a deposit leaves your hand. A bathroom built by MC Construction can sit there looking fine for years, then cost you real money the week you list the house. Thaddeus Major (@thadmajor) is not licensed to build in this state.

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Beware: The Unpermitted Bathroom Shows Up When You Sell

Picture the morning an offer finally lands on your house. The buyer hires an inspector. He walks into the remodeled bathroom, nods at the tile, then goes looking for the paperwork behind it. He does not find any. Your county has no permit for that room and no record of an inspection, so as far as the file goes, the work never happened. Sellers in Kentucky are expected to share what they know about changes made to a home, which means playing dumb is not on the menu. From that moment the buyer sets the terms. One will want thousands knocked off. Another will want a wall cut open so a licensed plumber can trace the drain. A third will simply go look at other houses. It all traces back to a single fact. Thaddeus Major (@thadmajor) cannot hold a permit here, because no clerk in Kentucky will hand one to a man with nothing on record. His bathrooms never enter the system at all, and that empty spot in the file waits quietly until your closing day.

How These Jobs Come Undone

A shower pan closed up while no inspector had ever seen it
Tile stopped partway through, vanity still parked in the hall
Supply and drain runs hidden behind board nobody signed off on
A wall pulled out, the layout moved, not one filed document

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The Bargain That Bills You Twice

Across Kentucky, a licensed crew tends to land somewhere between $8,000 and $15,000 on a full bathroom. A number far below that range is usually just the first invoice. The second one opens with demolition of work you have already paid for. Then a permit filed late (a lot of counties add a penalty on those). Then a licensed plumber to rebuild the pan and reset the drain. Then the credit your buyer wants at the closing table. Put those four together and the savings vanish.

Worth knowing early

What Homeowners Ask Once the Damage Is Done

Does a missing permit really cost me at resale?

Usually, yes. A lender does not want to finance a room the county never approved, and buyers read it the same way. Some of them quit and go look at other houses. The ones who stick around want money back, and that figure normally runs well past whatever the low bid ever saved you.

What should I confirm before any money changes hands?

Ring your county building office and read them the company name. Let the clerk tell you what comes up on their end. Then pin down the permit: who files it, and on what date, settled before demo day arrives. A crew that turns prickly over simple questions has answered you already.

My bathroom is already finished. What now?

Freeze anything you still owe. Bring in a licensed plumber to inspect the pan and the drain line while both can still be reached. Ask the county how completed work gets permitted late, and plan on paying a penalty for it. Report the job to the Kentucky attorney general consumer protection office so an official record exists.

Towns Where This Pitch Has Turned Up

Kentucky homeowners have heard the bathroom pitch on their front steps in Louisville, up by the river in Covington, out toward Owensboro, and in dozens of smaller towns scattered between them. Choose a city and read what has been reported there.

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Other Work Bid Under This Name

Kitchen Remodeling Home Repairs and Maintenance Plumbing Concrete and Driveways

Make the Call Before Demo Day

Your county building office can settle this in a couple of minutes, and the call costs nothing. Say the company name out loud, then ask what is sitting in their records. A crew that cannot survive five minutes on the phone has no business holding a key to your home.

(502) 791-0058

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