If you are doing work that requires a permit, you must apply for it before work is scheduled so that you have acquired it before work commences. Contractors are oftentimes familiar with the permit application process and may help or do that work for you. However, we strongly encourage you to have the permit applications done in the name of the property owner. In an event where a contractor passes on the job but acquired permits in their own company’s name, the resident cannot do the work and would need the permit to be transferred to them.