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Permit Help: ADUs, Additions, Red Tags & Stop Work Orders (South Sound)
16202 64th St E
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WA Professional Engineer
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We're Build Sherpas, a small permit and drafting office in Sumner. We don't build, and we don't stamp engineering. We run residential permits through Pierce County, the local cities, and nearby King County.
People usually call us for things like: an ADU over a garage that still has to get through the city, a short plat on a little over an acre and a half, a code enforcement letter, stop work order, or red tag on a deck or garage conversion built without a permit, or a correction letter that isn't clear. We also check a lot before you spend money drawing it — zoning, setbacks, ADU rules, and whether a pre-application meeting is worth it.
Here's what we handle:
• Building permit packaging, submittal, and tracking (we do the portal and fee legwork)
• Correction letters and resubmittals
• ADU and DADU permits
• Permits for new homes, additions, and remodels
• Garage, deck, shop, and other accessory-structure permits
• Demolition and site-preparation permits
• Code enforcement, stop work orders, and red tags for work already built
• Site feasibility and zoning checks before you design or buy
• Critical areas: wetlands, streams, steep slopes, and flood zones, working with the specialists those reports require
• Boundary line adjustments, short plats, and variances, together with a surveyor when the jurisdiction requires one
• Shoreline and other sensitive-area permits when they apply, plus a few specialty items like solar or EV charging if they're part of the house project
If you're acting as your own general contractor, we can also help on the consulting side. You stay the GC. We help with a build plan and budget, comparing bids so they're actually apples to apples, checking trades before you hire them, and a simple schedule so you know which inspections come when.
If the reviewer wants an engineer, we bring in Dow Engineering PLLC from the same office. If you need drawings and don't have them yet, we can draft those too — that's a separate post, or just ask us.
Tell us the address, what you want to build or fix, and send the letter or notice if you have one. Your first 15-minute call is free.
Most of our work is in Pierce County and the South Sound: Sumner, Puyallup, Tacoma, Bonney Lake, Auburn, Federal Way, Gig Harbor, Lakewood, Spanaway, Graham, Orting, and Enumclaw. Nearby King County is common too, and Olympia or Thurston County is worth asking about.
Send your project details through our Contact Us form: https://buildsherpas.com/contact-us
Build Sherpas
16202 64th St E, Ste 117, Sumner, WA 98390
Call or text (253) 799-0606 · office@buildsherpas.com
https://buildsherpas.com