Your home’s permit history, filled in for you
Add your address and Toft looks up the building permits on file for your home: the roof, the water heater, the remodel, often all the way back to when the house was built. Your record starts with years of history instead of a blank page.
About 2 million homes in 30 US cities and counties have permits on file in Toft.
What you’ll see
Each permit shows its date, what kind of work it covered, the city’s description and whether it passed its final inspection. Many cities also link to their own record of the permit.
Permits sit in your History, next to the receipts and notes you add yourself. When you share your Home Report, buyers and appraisers see them too, with the city named as the source.
- Jun 2021Plumbing permitReplace 50-gallon gas water heaterFinal
- Sep 2019Building permitTear off and reroof, asphalt shinglesFinal
- Apr 2014Electrical permitUpgrade service to 200 ampsFinal
- Oct 1983Building permitNew single-family residenceFinal
Where Toft finds permits
Toft reads the public permit data these cities and counties publish. More places are coming.
- Arizona
- Tempe
- California
- Los Angeles, Marin County, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose
- Colorado
- Boulder
- District of Columbia
- Washington
- Florida
- Miami-Dade County
- Illinois
- Chicago
- Kentucky
- Louisville
- Louisiana
- New Orleans
- Maryland
- Montgomery County, Prince George’s County
- Massachusetts
- Boston, Cambridge, Somerville
- Minnesota
- Minneapolis
- Missouri
- Kansas City
- Nevada
- Las Vegas
- New York
- New York City
- North Carolina
- Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, Raleigh
- Ohio
- Cincinnati, Columbus
- Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh
- Texas
- Austin, San Antonio
- Virginia
- Norfolk
- Washington
- Seattle
Permits show permitted work, not every job
Plenty of work needs no permit, and older records can be patchy. That’s why your own History matters: add who did the work, what it cost and the receipt, and Toft keeps it with the permit.
Not on the list?
You can still find your permits yourself, usually in under an hour. Our guide shows how to look up past permits for your house, and Toft keeps each one with the work it covers.