OPEN PERMIT SERVICES

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from day one it was smooth sailing. with over a million dollars at stake and the possibility of a law suit filed by the buyer, I didn't know where to turn. That's when I found Open Permit Services and Jack Wolf. In less than 3 weeks, I had a valid permit in hand, and engineers letter for the city of Miami Beach, and a final inspection. a copy of the inspection hangs in my new residence. i am convinced that without Open Permit Services, I would have lost the buyer and possibly defaulted on my mortgage. not only did Jack Wolf do everything he promised, he went out of his way to call me every day with an update. thanks to Jack and Open Permit Services, I'm enjoying my retirement, and things couldn't be better.

Spoke to Jack by telephone regarding need for a permit for shed I am purchasing. He was very helpful in addressing my concerns and gave me very good information. Although I do not need his service at this time, I am impressed by how patient he was in explaining to me what I need to do.

The whole experience with this company went very well. The owner addressed all my issues and concerns in a timely manner. I highly recommend this company. The price was kinda high, however my situation was complex. Overall great job.

He was extremely helpful, was more of a consultant but helped me tremendously. Just a very nice guy very honest.

See above. It went well and the company was great.

Contracted with Open Permit Services owner, Jack Wolf, in April 2011. Paid $3000 deposit. Had to postpone the work to 2012 because of tenant issues. Although he had almost a year, I was told in January the work couldn't start on schedule because there was a permit issue, so kept a window in February open. I had told Jack I wanted to meet with the contractor to tell them where to put the furniture and make sure they weren't trashing working appliances, etc. I also wanted to know if our hot water heater was alright or not because we believed the previous homeowner had been allowed to install and keep it because he was a custom builder who did everything to code. However, despite his reassurances that he would find out what needed to be done with the hot water heater, he never found out. Then, because Jack didn't know or told me the wrong date on purpose, and didn't follow up with my request for the contractor to contact me directly, I wasted a trip from Ft. Lauderdale to Key West to meet them but they didn't show up. Instead, I took out the large furniture, washer, dryer, wall hangings, etc. The only thing I didn't move were plumbing fixtures, hot water heater, and the wall and window ACs. The demolition contractor came a week later, on a day when I couldn't make it because I was behind work from the previous week. Sure enough, they trashed everything that wasn't already taken out. Except the AC that worked and they left the unworking one outside on the ground with the hot water heater. I got there the next day and was shocked. I talked to Jack and he got them to return the AC. He wanted the next $3000 before calling for inspection. We paid that to get it done because the permit time limit was expiring and we had tenants coming. But we also needed hot water and the floor tiles fixed. I called Monroe County and was told the hot water heater was not part of the demolition and could be re-installed. So we hired and paid $500 for another plumber, electrician & handyman to re-install it, and deducted it from the last $2500 payment to Jack. But he told the demolition contractor he couldn't pay them in full because all we had paid was $2899. They weren't sure if they were going to be paid anything so they contacted us and threatened to put a lien on our house. They forwarded a copy of their contract with Jack to us and it was only for $3430. We could have $4570 by contracting directly ourselves! Our contract with Jack was non-specific as to what work would actually be done, and trying to get specific later on did not yield any benefit.... And we still have to fix the tile.