TMZ, which got the permits, said the electrical system will be upgraded.
The president and First Lady Michelle Obama will lease the mansion—which is owned by former President Clinton White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart and Glamour Washington Editor Giovanna Gray, sources told Politico earlier this year.
It has also been reported that Obama purchased a home in Southern California. In late November, the New York Post’s Page Six reported that the Obamas will live in Rancho Mirage, California, located near Palm Springs. Obama has frequented the city during vacations.
The Obamas also reportedly have bought a home in Hawaii, the home state of the president.