Permit Track Record pillar — permit history on public records

A permit that is pulled and then finaled is a small, checkable signal that the work passed inspection. Houston and Harris County both publish permit records, and Vfane has both registered as sources — but no check has been run against either, so Vfane publishes no pulled count, no finaled count, and no ratio for any contractor. This pillar therefore reads Stated by contractor for any contractor on the platform. What a homeowner can do directly: ask which jurisdiction the contractor pulls permits in, ask for the permit numbers on two or three recent jobs, and look those numbers up on the jurisdiction's public permit search. A contractor who pulls permits routinely will have them to hand; hesitation on this question is itself informative. One Texas-specific nuance: roofing permit requirements vary by jurisdiction and by scope, so a job without a permit is not automatically a red flag — ask what the local rule is. [Source: Houston Permitting Center; Harris County Permits]