Know which facade repairs are coming - and whom to ask
One online list for your firm, re-checked every week against DOB filings and permits. Here is what is on it, how the timing works and how teams use it.
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Open cases, filters for sheds and report age, the case sheet with finding, penalty risk and who to ask, “Already taken” and team follow-up - in 74 seconds.
The report is filed. The repair has not been bid yet.
When a qualified exterior wall inspector files a SWARMP or UNSAFE report, the owner has to repair. Most of that work goes through the engineer of record and the managing agent long before it shows up as a permit. By the time a job is on Dodge or BuildingConnected, the bidder list is set. These cases are earlier - the report is filed, the scope is not.
- Step 1Report filedThe inspection firm files the cycle 10 report: SAFE, SWARMP or UNSAFE. UNSAFE means a sidewalk shed now and repairs plus an amended report.
- Where we lookScope and biddersThe engineer of record writes the repair scope and invites 3-5 contractors; the managing agent brings its regular firms. Median 160 days to the first work signal in cycle 9, for the 81% that had one.
- Step 3Repair filingDOB NOW job filing and contractor permit: the job is awarded. Median 446 days after the report in cycle 9, for the 52% that got one; after 24 months only 35% had one. The case leaves our list.
- Step 4Repair workMedian estimated job cost declared on DOB facade repair filings since 2021: $120,000 (middle half $39,000-$324,000, 7,501 filings; the applicant's estimate, not a bid).
More UNSAFE findings than last cycle
So far a quarter of all first cycle 10 reports are UNSAFE, against 13.3% in cycle 9 - stricter review, and SWARMP conditions can no longer simply be carried into the next cycle.
Our count of 2,872 cycle 10 first reports; cycle 9 share as reported by industry pressMost are taken - the rest are on the list
Of all buildings with a SWARMP or UNSAFE first report in cycle 10, we remove those with repair work under way, major projects, public owners and reports amended to SAFE. 594 privately owned buildings remain.
Classification of every case, every week - see the breakdownThe 10A deadline is coming
Thousands of Sub-Cycle 10A buildings still have to file by Feb 21, 2027. Based on last cycle's filing curve we expect roughly 1,400 new SWARMP/UNSAFE reports in February 2027 alone - just as the City plans to start LL48/LL51 penalties and contractors plan their season.
Estimate from the cycle 9 filing curve, range ±25%Know which repairs are coming - and whom to ask
One online list for your firm, on a desk or a phone, re-checked every week against DOB filings and permits - with an e-mail when new cases open in your boroughs, a map, filters, CSV export and a shared status for your team.
Open cases worth a look this week
- Every privately owned building with a SWARMP or UNSAFE cycle 10 report and no visible repair work, with report date, age and the cycle 9 history
- Sidewalk shed since when, the shed firm and an estimated monthly penalty under LL48 (estimate only)
- Estimated job size from DOB repair filings; filters for borough, finding, shed, age, floors and a radius around your office
Know whom to ask
- First contact: the inspection firm of record - firm name and business address from the report. The engineer of record usually writes the repair scope and invites bidders.
- Managing agent (HPD registration) with the number of other open cases it manages, and the owner entity - companies only, never people
- Direct links to the DOB filings, permits and BIS property profile
Work the list as a team
- Up to 10 team members included, each with a personal login link; status, notes, follow-up dates and “My cases”
- Already taken? One click hides the case for you and triggers a re-check; repeated reports flag it for everyone
- Weekly e-mail with new open cases in your boroughs and the cases that dropped off, and why
What arrives every week
After each weekly re-check you get one e-mail for your package: how many cases are open, which are new, which dropped out and why, and the cases to start with, each with the inspection firm of the report.
- New cases are marked NEW; the list shows up to five, new and highest priority first
- Cases that dropped out are named with the reason: work under way, a major project, or the report corrected
- Saved views you mark for alerts get their own line with the number of new cases
- One link to your list, one to the CSV files and the report
The example is rendered from the same template as the real e-mail, filled with demo data: invented buildings, firms and addresses. Real e-mails show the full address.
Five open cases in your borough, free
Real cases from this week’s list, addresses masked. No sign-up, no payment details.