Building Permit Assistance
Building permit help, written in plain English.
Real building permit help for homeowners and contractors. Personalized checklists, AI plan review, and step-by-step filing.
Overview
Personalized checklist
Tell PermitPal your address and scope. It returns the exact application, drawings, and forms your jurisdiction needs.
AI plan review
Upload your drawings and we flag egress, energy, structural, and accessibility gaps before submittal.
Step-by-step filing
We walk you through application, payment, comment response, and inspection scheduling — or we file it for you.
Frequently asked questions
- What is building permit assistance?
- Building permit assistance is a specialized permit workflow Permit Junkie automates end-to-end. We combine AI document review, jurisdiction-specific rules, and live submission tracking so you spend minutes instead of weeks.
- How fast is Permit Junkie building permit assistance?
- Most building permit assistance packets are AI-prepared in under 10 minutes. Approval timelines then depend on the jurisdiction — Permit Junkie's Municipality Intelligence shows live processing times for every department.
- Do I need a licensed professional?
- For straightforward residential scopes, no. For high-risk or commercial submissions, Permit Junkie's Filing Concierge pairs you with a licensed expediter or architect already credentialed in your jurisdiction.
- How much does building permit assistance cost?
- Building permit assistance starts free with a permit-readiness scan. Full filings are priced per project on the Pricing page — typically a fraction of a traditional expediter's hourly rate.