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Plan-Check Shepherding to permit issued.
MNBE responds to corrections, revises drawings, communicates with reviewers, and shepherds your project to permit issuance across Seattle DCI, Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, and the Eastside. King, Snohomish & Pierce County.
Corrections answered fast
All Eastside jurisdictions
Founder supervised
The Reality
Plan-check is where projects stall.
Plan-check shepherding is correction management. Almost every submittal at Seattle DCI and the Eastside cities comes back with at least one round of corrections, and most get two. The drawings return with a list of clarifications, missing details, or modifications required for code compliance, and each one has to be answered in writing, the drawings revised, and the package resubmitted. We handle that whole cycle so you never chase a reviewer yourself.
Without an experienced shepherd, this is where three month projects become nine month projects. Corrections sit unanswered, resubmittals come back with new corrections, and the pattern repeats. We have cleared hundreds of submittals across King, Snohomish, and Pierce County, and the difference between a fast plan-check and a stalled one is mostly the responsiveness and code fluency of the person handling corrections. Our service starts after a clean permit submittal and follows a tightly scoped ADU feasibility study that anticipates corrections from day one.
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Plan-Check · By The Numbers
What our shepherding actually delivers.
Honest windows from a builder who clears Seattle and Eastside permits every week. See how a clean submittal sets it up →
2round average
Correction rounds
We clear in two rounds by drawing out anticipated corrections from day one.
2-4month windows
Eastside plan-check
Eastside city queues run shorter than Seattle DCI on ADU review.
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Counties served
Hundreds of submittals cleared across King, Snohomish, and Pierce.
All
Eastside jurisdictions
Seattle DCI, Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, and the wider Eastside.
What does plan-check shepherding cost?
Priced to your project.
Correction response is included in our design and permit engagements within typical scope, so for most projects shepherding is already covered. What moves the effort is the number of correction rounds, the project complexity, and any city policy changes that land mid-review. Work that falls outside the original scope, such as a major redesign you decide on mid-review or a critical area study the first feasibility did not anticipate, is scoped separately and we agree on it before any work begins.
Our shepherding includes
- Written, code cited correction responses
- Drawing revisions and CAD updates
- Structural engineer coordination
- Direct communication with city reviewers
- Resubmittals tracked to permit issued
How It Works
From first correction to permit issued.
No corrections left sitting and no surprises. Here is exactly how we move your package from city comments to an issued permit.
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Receive corrections
When the city returns the package we log every correction from each reviewer and confirm what plan-check is actually asking for.
We track it
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Respond & revise
We write the code cited response, revise the drawings, and coordinate any structural details required.
In house
03
Resubmit
We resubmit the corrected package and track it through the review queue so nothing sits unanswered.
We handle it
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Clear the rounds
We work each follow-up round, appealing with a code citation where a reviewer is wrong, until every comment is resolved.
2-round average
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Permit issued
We download the issued permit, post the permit card at the job site, and the build phase begins.
Build begins
Reviews
What Seattle homeowners say about building with MNBE.
Verified five star reviews from owners who permitted and built their project with us.
"We hired MNBE for a full renovation of our 100 year old home and the results exceeded expectations, structural upgrades, new insulation, a luxury bathroom, a high end kitchen, a new roof and mini split AC."
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Sammamish, WA · Whole home renovation
"We hired MNBE for a major exterior renovation: a 900 sq ft custom deck with metal railings, full exterior painting and new siding. From start to finish the experience was exceptional, responsive, meticulous and patient."
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Redmond, WA · Deck & exterior
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FAQs · What Clients Ask Us
Plan-check questions Seattle homeowners ask before they sign.
Six practical answers from a builder who clears Seattle and Eastside permits every week. If yours is not here, call us. We answer the phone Monday through Saturday.
Plan-check is the city's review of your submitted drawings, and Seattle DCI typically runs several months on an ADU while Eastside cities run shorter windows. Multiple reviewers, architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, energy, and drainage, work the package in parallel and issue corrections your design team must answer. Duration depends on backlog and how many corrections come back.
Almost every Seattle DCI submittal gets at least one round of corrections. Two rounds is common. Three rounds is not unusual on complex projects. Eastside cities tend to fewer rounds because the queues are shorter. The number depends on submittal quality, project complexity, and any city policy changes that happen during the review. Our typical project clears in two rounds because we draw out anticipated corrections from day one.
We notify you immediately and propose options. Sometimes the correction reflects a real code requirement we missed and we adapt. Sometimes the reviewer is wrong and we appeal with a code citation. Sometimes the correction is technically valid but fixing it requires a design choice that changes the project. In that case we walk through the trade-offs with you before responding.
Plan-check correction response is included in our design and permit engagements within typical scope. Corrections that fall outside the scope (for example, a major redesign you decide to make mid-review, or a critical area study the original feasibility did not anticipate) are scoped separately and we agree on the cost before the work begins.
Yes, owner-builders and homeowners can respond to corrections directly. Most homeowners delegate it because correction language is technical and requires CAD revisions. The shepherding service is included in our design and build engagements precisely because the failure mode of unresponded or poorly responded corrections is a stalled permit.
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