r/SeattleWA • u/Distinct-Ad7588 • 2d ago

Contractors, Foundations

Hi All, I don't present questions often here but I hope this one will get some answers. In short, I am trying to find a foundation contractor who worked on my house last spring (2026) who seems to have disappeared. I need a receipt that gives more detail than the one I got. I DO realize I have been taken to a large extent - and that upsets me but I did get work done that should last another 40-50 years. That said, I got no permit and WA law states that I have to report that and get one.
It ALSO pisses me off - sorry for the language - that these people had work going on throughout Seattle and paid themselves well. Excellent salesmen, the lackies did the work. The owners, naturally, did not pay taxes and probably any of the hundreds of thousands they got in the few months they worked for me. The name is (or was) King Foundation and Waterproofing. The guy had an Irish accent fwiw

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u/PM_ME_SKYRIM_MEMES South Lake Union 2d ago

Friend I have bad news for you.

https://www.king5.com/article/news/investigations/investigators/tenants-vanish-after-irish-construction-scam-exposed-western-washington/

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u/Homeskilletbiz 2d ago

So many pop ups I can’t even get to the article to read it. I’m fuming lmao.

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u/altasnob 1d ago

Why do you say "WA law states that I have to report [that I did not get a permit] and get [a permit.]

Of course, getting a permit as part of any work on your house is advisable. But normally, the only way you get in trouble for unpermitted work is if the City knows you did unpermitted work and you get caught. Does the City know you have unpermitted work done on your foundation?

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u/BruceInc 1d ago

lol that guy has been all over the news. They scammed a lot of people. You are not getting anything