Hello, I made the ultimate booboo and finished my basement without a permit. Now I am looking at selling my home and am being told by my realtor that I will need to have it inspected/certified by the local building inspectors office prior to selling. I understand, I made a mistake and now will be pulling the permits to get it done. But- when I finished it, I followed the basement refinishing guide published by the local building department. I floated the walls 1 1/2" min and used an electrical contractor for the electrical. I did the plumbing myself (pex) and used the a diagram that I received from a licensed plumber. Biggest thing I am worried about ---I framed the walls at 24" on center instead of 16", but wallls are floating. This may have been bad advice but I was told that since the wallls were non load bearing that they just needed to be floating and that 24" would suffice. This is the first question I have of many but obviously the big one. If i can get past the inspectors with the 24" walls, I can fix whatever I have to fix through the process. I understand that holes will have to be punched and I can live with that but the 24" question is driving me crazy... thanks for the help everyone.... lesson learned....

What is the easiest way to do this? Does anyone know of a good video link? The rest of the ceiling will be a suspended ceiling. Thanks.