Ann Arbor Permit Report Cards

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90% range 54.2–59.9

Watermark Building & Custom Carpentry

General Contractor · Whitmore Lake, MI · #101 of 440 listed overall
Primary kind of workAdditions / ADUs75% of all permits · #5 of 20 additions / adus specialists
occasionalmedium confidence

Overall score: 50 = peer average for the same role and the same kind of work (e.g. window jobs are compared with window jobs, remodels with remodels). Based on 8 permits (8 STREAM).

Sub-scores

Inspections55
better than peers
Failed / re-inspection results on 9% of inspections vs 12% expected for similar jobs
Plan quality / Revisions52
typical
1.42 plan send-backs / revision events per permit vs 1.60 expected for similar jobs
Time to permit53
typical
Median 23 days to approval vs 38.5 days peer median (0.77× after adjusting for kind of work)
Completion66
better than peers
0% of issued permits expired/voided without final vs 14% expected
More: compliance & reliability
Compliance66
better than peers
0.00 license/insurance/stop-work type holds per permit vs 0.07 expected
Reliability39
worse than peers
11% of inspections cancelled vs 6% expected

Ann Arbor activity & plain stats

Permits in scored set
8
Last 3 years
4
Last 12 months
0
Years active
4
2022–2025
Median days to approval
23
peer median 38.5
Permits needing a revision
50%
Permits with a failed / re-inspection
62%
Inspections on record
52

Job mix

Kinds of work across all 8 permits. Each permit is scored against peers doing the same kind of work.

Additions / ADUs 75% (6)Remodels 25% (2)

Sample permit records

A sample of the public records behind this card. Links open the city's permit portals.

PermitKind of workAppliedStatusDays to approvalNotes
BLDGR25-0169Additions / ADUs2025-02-05Final70inspection Final [BLD]: Partial Pass
plan submittal v1 requires re-submit
plan submittal v2 requires re-submit
plan submittal v3 requires re-submit
10 eReview file(s) sent back for resubmittal
BLDGR22-3171Additions / ADUs2022-09-06Final23inspection Rough-In [BLD]: Partial Pass
plan submittal v2 requires re-submit
plan submittal v1 requires re-submit
3 eReview file(s) sent back for resubmittal
BLDGR22-3589Additions / ADUs2022-11-07Final30inspection Backfill [BLD]: Partial Pass
inspection Final [BLD]: Partial Pass
plan submittal v1 requires re-submit
2 eReview file(s) sent back for resubmittal
BLDGR25-0398Remodels2025-03-19Final13—
BLDGR24-1850Remodels2024-08-16Final6—
BLDGR22-3578Additions / ADUs2022-11-04Void - Wrong Workclass——

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