Terms of use

This site lets you type an address and see building violations recorded against it. That tool reads a copy of the City of Chicago's published violation data that we refresh periodically. It is offered to help you understand your situation.

If the tool shows nothing for your address, that does not mean your property is clear. It may mean we could not match the address, or that the lookup failed. Check with the City.

We are contractors. We can tell you what work will close an item and what it will cost. We cannot advise you on your legal position, represent you at an administrative hearing, or predict what a hearing officer will do.

Estimates are free and carry no obligation. We come out, look at the actual building, and give you a written price.

Any figure shown on this site before we have visited is an illustration, not an offer. The only price that binds either of us is a written estimate signed by both parties. Masonry in particular hides its condition until it is opened up, and any contractor quoting your building from a photograph is guessing.

The work is governed by the signed contract for your job, not by this page. Where the two differ, the contract wins. Nothing here reduces any right the contract or Illinois law gives you.

Your contract will also carry the written estimate, the payment schedule, and our insurance details, because Illinois requires a home repair contract over $1,000 to be in writing and to name the contractor and its address.

We will do the work needed to correct the items on your notice, document it, and meet the inspector. We do that on every job and it is what we are for.

We cannot guarantee that the City will close your case on a particular date, that a hearing will be dismissed, or that no fine will be imposed. Those decisions belong to the Department of Buildings and to the hearing officer, not to us. Any contractor who promises you a specific legal outcome is promising something they do not control.

Workmanship warranties, where they apply, are set out in your contract. They cover our work and not pre-existing conditions elsewhere in the building.

Please do not:

• scrape, bulk-download or systematically harvest the violation data or the address lookup;
• use automated tools to submit forms or generate inquiries;
• attempt to interfere with the site or gain access to anything not intended to be public;
• use anything here to harass a property owner or to solicit their business.

The lookup is rate limited for these reasons. If you have a legitimate research need for the underlying City data, it is published by the City and you should get it from there.

The text, photographs and design here belong to Chicago Code Pros. The job photographs are of our own work. Please do not present them as your own.

The underlying violation data comes from the City of Chicago's published records and is the City's, not ours. Our analysis and presentation of it are ours.

This website is provided as it is. We work to keep it accurate but we do not warrant that it is free of errors or always available.

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of this website, including any fine, penalty or missed deadline resulting from reliance on the lookup tool rather than on the City's own records.

These terms are governed by the law of the State of Illinois, and any dispute belongs in the state or federal courts sitting in Cook County, Illinois.

Call us first. Most problems are a misunderstanding about scope and are fixed the same day. Ask for the owner if you are not getting anywhere.

You also have the right to complain to the Illinois Attorney General's Consumer Fraud Bureau or to the City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. We would rather you gave us the chance to put it right first, but that right is yours and we will not ask you to sign it away.

See also our privacy policy and our accessibility statement.