NYC unsafe facade filings, every Monday
The inspection came back UNSAFE. Someone has to fix it.
Facade Alert is a weekly brief of New York City buildings whose facade inspection was filed UNSAFE or SWARMP. Each one is a building that now has repair work it cannot postpone — with the owner and the contractor on the filing, and how to reach them.
Free for 7 days, then $149/month.
Example leadsIllustrative
8-story mixed-use building
SWARMP15-story office building
UNSAFE+ the rest of this week's filings
AlertWeeklyevery Monday at 8:00am Eastern
FISPthe city's own facade inspection filings
Sourcedevery contact links to the public record it came from
How it works
An UNSAFE filing is a repair job with a deadline attached.
Every building in New York above six storeys has its facade inspected on a five-year cycle, under the rule most people still call Local Law 11. The inspector files one of three results. Two of them mean work.
- Building
- 12-story apartment building, Manhattan
- Result
- UNSAFE or SWARMP, as filed
- Filed
- Date the report was submitted
- Conditions
- What the inspector reported
- Owner
- Owner / managing agent
- Phone
- (000) 000-0000
- [email protected]
- Contractor
- Firm on the filing
1. Only the filings that mean work
SAFE filings are dropped. You get the two results that oblige an owner to spend money: UNSAFE, where the condition is a hazard now and the sidewalk has to be protected, and SWARMP — Safe With a Repair and Maintenance Program — where repairs are required before the next cycle.
2. Owner and contractor, both
Each lead carries the owner or managing agent behind the building and the contractor or inspector named on the filing. Whichever end of that job you sell into, the name is on the line.
3. The same contact standard
We find the people behind each filing using the same public-record standard as Groundbreaker: every detail links to the record it came from, and anything we could not source is left blank.
Built for
Anyone who gets paid when a facade has to be fixed.
- Facade & restoration contractors
- Masonry & pointing
- Scaffold & sidewalk sheds
- Waterproofing
- Roofing & sheet metal
- Engineering & architecture firms
- Local Law 11 consultants
- Building envelope specialists
- Property managers
Pricing
One brief, every Monday.
Groundbreaker Pro
$99 / month
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- Delivered every Monday
- Owner, builder and contact details
Facade Alert
$149 / month
- Every UNSAFE and SWARMP filing, every week
- Owner and contractor contacts
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Free for 7 days, then $149/month.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Where do Facade Alert leads come from?
Every lead starts with an official NYC Department of Buildings facade inspection filing made under the Facade Inspection Safety Program, the rule most people still call Local Law 11. We pull the new filings each week and keep the ones reported UNSAFE or SWARMP.
What do UNSAFE and SWARMP mean?
They are the two filing results that mean work is needed. UNSAFE means the inspector found a condition that is a hazard now, so the building has to protect the sidewalk and repair it. SWARMP stands for Safe With a Repair and Maintenance Program: nothing is dangerous today, but repairs are required before the next inspection cycle.
What is in a typical lead?
The building and borough, the filing result, the date it was filed, the owner behind the building and the contractor or inspector named on the filing, with sourced contact details where public records have them.
How often does it arrive?
Every Monday at 8:00am Eastern.
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