Guide
Siding permits and HOA rules in Greer
Inside Greer's city limits, siding is on the list of work that needs a permit. Outside them, the county decides. Here is how to tell which applies, and where your HOA comes in.
Inside the city limits
The City of Greer's permit page says permits are required before any work begins and that obtaining the permit is the contractor's responsibility. For residential work it lists new structures, additions, remodels and repairs, and names siding, replacement roofs and replacement windows among the projects that need one (City of Greer permits).
The city's Planning & Development Department is at 301 E. Poinsett Street, (864) 848-2175. The page warns that building without a permit can bring daily fines, penalties, or even orders to demolish the work. If you are a homeowner pulling a permit for your own primary residence, the city asks you to contact the department first.
Who issues the permit
Find your permit office
City of Greer
Addresses inside the city limits, on either side of the county line. Planning & Development, (864) 848-2175. The city's permit page has an address check (City of Greer).
Greenville County
Unincorporated addresses on the Greenville County side, such as Taylors. Alterations to existing houses need a permit; (864) 467-7060 (county FAQ).
Spartanburg County
Building Codes Department, 366 N. Church Street, Spartanburg, (864) 596-2727. Ask it which office covers an address outside a town's limits (county page).
Nearby towns
Lyman, Duncan and Travelers Rest each have their own process; see their pages under Areas.
Greer mailing address, county permit
A Greer mailing address does not mean the city issues your permit. Only about a third of the land in ZIP 29650 and about a sixth of the land in 29651 lies inside Greer's city limits, according to the Census Bureau's ZIP-to-place relationship file (Census 2020). Your property tax bill or the city's address check will settle it.
Greenville County's permit FAQ says that when a contractor does the work, the contractor must submit and sign the application as the South Carolina license holder, and a specialty contractor must provide a copy of its state registration card. An owner doing the work on a house they live in can get an owner-builder permit with a notarized, recorded disclosure statement (Greenville County).
Questions
Permits: common questions
Do I need a permit to replace siding in Greer?
Inside the city limits, yes: the City of Greer lists siding among residential work that needs a permit before work begins. Outside the limits, ask the county permit office for your address.
Who should pull the permit?
The contractor. The City of Greer says obtaining the permit is the contractor's responsibility, and Greenville County requires the contractor to sign the application as the license or registration holder.
Is there a historic district review for siding?
Ask the city's Planning & Development Department whether any design review applies to your address before you change siding material on an older house near downtown.
Siding cracked, loose or worn out?
Talk with a siding contractor who works in Greer
One call connects you with an independent siding contractor serving Greer, Taylors, Duncan, Lyman and Travelers Rest. Have the walls looked at, then ask for a written price for the repair or the new siding.
Cracked panels, soft boards or siding that has had its day? Talk it through with a local contractor.
Your call goes to an independent siding contractor serving the Greer area that takes on repairs as well as full replacements.
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