7112203-CNCompleted
Construct repairs to existing retaining wall per plan.
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2026
- Neighborhood
- Genesee
- Declared cost
- $54,000
- Contractor identity on SDCI records
- Better Builders
- Identity check
- Legal/business name matched
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Public-record contractor profile
Better Builders
Legal record: BETTER BUILDERS
Why this profile appears
Selected permits connect this company to Seattle wall work? Check the identity evidence
Better Builders is included because 1 selected Seattle construction permit explicitly describes retaining-wall, rockery, slope, drainage, foundation, or closely related site work. The records span Mar 3, 2026 through Mar 3, 2026 and place the documented work in Genesee.
The most recent selected record is permit 7112203-CN, issued Mar 3, 2026 in Genesee. Its public scope says: “Construct repairs to existing retaining wall per plan.”
Across the current exact SDCI dataset responses and manually checked Seattle Services Portal records, 1 of 1 selected record has a matching legal name, listed L&I principal, or Portal contractor license. The status for every project is shown below.
Permit scope, dates, status, and cost come from the exact official rows. A permit without a reproducible contractor identity—through the published name or a separately checked Portal license—should be treated as a research lead, not proof that BETTER BUILDERS performed that work. The profile also does not establish current availability, design responsibility, workmanship, customer satisfaction, or suitability for another property.
Quick read
What is actually documented
8 of 8official checks matched a record
1 of 1permit identities matched
6company-published sources reviewed
3published examples found
Official records and company claims are kept separate below. Every dataset check has its exact JSON query, a readable viewer, the dataset description, and a route for repeating the search.
Public-record checks
Findings, exact data and ways to verify them
These are separate checks, not one repeated link. The dated finding records what we saw; live official data can change. Open the raw JSON to reproduce the exact query.
Washington L&I contractor registration datasetWashington State Department of Labor & Industries · checked Oct 11, 2026Record matched
FindingACTIVE construction contractor registration BETTEB*895RL for BETTER BUILDERS; UBI 603159043; expiration 2027-12-13.
How to verify it yourself
Open the exact JSON and compare business name, license BETTEB*895RL, UBI 603159043, status, business type, principal, and expiration. Then re-open L&I Verify for the current consumer-facing record.
Washington L&I registered office — city, state and ZIPWashington State Department of Labor & Industries · checked Oct 25, 2026Record matched
FindingRegistered office for BETTER BUILDERS, license BETTEB*895RL, UBI 603159043: Seattle, WA 98136. Office location is not a verified service area. This check covers office fields only.
How to verify it yourself
Compare the exact license, legal name and UBI before reading the city, state and ZIP. A Washington contractor registration does not establish a Washington office.
Washington L&I contractor principal datasetWashington State Department of Labor & Industries · checked Oct 11, 2026Record matched
Finding3 principal record(s) returned for license BETTEB*895RL. Registration lists BABB, WALTER W; inspect start and end dates to distinguish current and former associations.
How to verify it yourself
Open the exact JSON and compare license BETTEB*895RL, UBI 603159043, principal names, start dates, and any end dates.
Washington L&I contractor bond datasetWashington State Department of Labor & Industries · checked Oct 11, 2026Record matched
Finding$30,000 bond with Contractors Bonding & Insurance Co, effective 2024-12-13, until canceled; selected from rows valid on 2026-10-11.
How to verify it yourself
Open the exact JSON and compare license BETTEB*895RL, bond company, amount, effective date, expiration date, and record update date.
Washington L&I contractor insurance datasetWashington State Department of Labor & Industries · checked Oct 11, 2026Record matched
Finding$1,000,000 liability-insurance record with FEDERATED RESERVE INSURANCE CO, effective 2026-08-22, expiring 2027-08-22; selected from rows valid on 2026-10-11.
How to verify it yourself
Open the exact JSON and compare license BETTEB*895RL, carrier, coverage amount, effective date, policy expiration, and update date.
Washington L&I Verify contractor detailWashington State Department of Labor & Industries · checked Sep 1, 2026Record matched
FindingThe reviewed L&I detail showed registration active-current, workers’ compensation active-current, bond lawsuits none-6y, license violations none-6y, safety no-inspections-6y, and debarments none. These labels summarize the dated display and must be re-opened before hiring.
How to verify it yourself
Open the exact L&I detail for UBI 603159043 and license BETTEB*895RL. Expand registration, workers’ compensation, lawsuits, violations, safety, strikes, and debarment sections; note the display period for each section.
Seattle SDCI permit data — 7112203-CNSeattle Department of Construction & Inspections · checked Oct 11, 2026Record matched
FindingSelected open-data record rechecked 2026-10-11: permit 7112203-CN, issued 2026-03-03, status Completed; declared cost $54,000. Scope: Construct repairs to existing retaining wall per plan. Contractor shown: Better Builders. Historical aggregate counts and any separate Portal identity review retain their earlier scope and dates.
How to verify it yourself
Open the exact JSON and compare permit number 7112203-CN, contractor name, description, status, issue/completion dates, declared cost, and ZIP. Use Seattle’s project-research page to search the same record number when documents or inspections are needed.
Washington Secretary of State entity searchWashington Secretary of State · checked Sep 1, 2026Record matched
FindingWashington Secretary of State search returned BETTER BUILDERS LLC, UBI 603 159 043, as an active Washington limited liability company. The UBI matches the L&I registration; the displayed entity name adds LLC to the L&I business name.
How to verify it yourself
Open Corporation Search, enter UBI 603159043, and compare the entity name, UBI, business type, and status with this profile.
Official work record
What the selected Seattle permits show
1primary-scope permits
1marked completed
1documented neighborhoods
Mar 3, 2026latest selected record
This profile includes 1 selected wall or slope record, checked against exact SDCI data and the separately dated identity sources below. A selected-record count is not a comprehensive company permit total. Street addresses and exact coordinates are omitted here.
Permit examples
Documented Seattle work records
Washington checks
L&I snapshot
RegistrationACTIVE through Dec 13, 2027
Bond$30,000 · Contractors Bonding & Insurance Co
Liability insurance$1,000,000 · expires Aug 22, 2027
Workers’ compensationCurrent at review
Bond lawsuitsNone shown in 6-year window
License violationsNone shown in 6-year window
Safety record sectionNo inspections shown in 6-year window
DebarmentsNone shown
An inspection is not necessarily a violation. “None shown” is limited to the display period in L&I Verify. Open the current record before hiring.
Company-published material
What the company says it does
This section summarizes the company’s own website. It is portfolio context, not independent verification of workmanship or proof that a published example matches a permit.
The company website presents Better Builders as a Seattle-area design-build remodeling and custom-home contractor. These are company-published claims, not independent findings about workmanship or retaining-wall specialization.
Services presented
- Custom home building
- Whole-house remodeling
- Kitchen and bathroom remodeling
- Home additions
- Basement remodeling
- ADU and DADU projects
- Outdoor living
- Exterior and sunroom work
Areas claimed
- Seattle
- Alki
- Ballard
- Bellevue
- Burien
- Mercer Island
- Shoreline
- other listed Puget Sound communities
Published work examples
The reviewed website publishes named remodeling case studies, but no retaining-wall case study was identified. The retaining-wall connection on this profile comes from the SDCI permit record, not the company portfolio.
A company-published Seattle renovation case study. It is presented here as portfolio context and was not matched to the retaining-wall permit in this profile.
Open company-published page ↗A company-published Bellevue addition case study; not independently matched to an official permit in this research pass.
Open company-published page ↗A company-published Seattle kitchen case study; not independently matched to an official permit in this research pass.
Open company-published page ↗Company-published sources reviewed
- Company website ↗Checked Sep 1, 2026
- Better Builders services and service-area claims ↗Checked Sep 1, 2026
- Better Builders project gallery ↗Checked Sep 1, 2026
- When an Older Home Needs More Than a Repair — company-published example ↗Checked Sep 1, 2026
- Custom Woodworking Shop Addition — company-published example ↗Checked Sep 1, 2026
- Historic Seattle Kitchen Remodel — company-published example ↗Checked Sep 1, 2026
Research limits
What remains unverified
- This is not a complete permit history; the cards are selected wall, rockery, slope, drainage, foundation, or related records found in the stated window.
- Workmanship, customer satisfaction, current availability, pricing, engineering responsibility, references, and court records were not independently verified.
- Public records can be incomplete, delayed, amended, or associated with a principal rather than the displayed trade name.
- No company-published retaining-wall project page was identified.
- The named portfolio projects were not matched to permit records in this research pass.
- Customer reviews and workmanship were not independently evaluated.
Work-type links
Similar permit wording
These links come from this company’s selected permit descriptions, not from a claimed service list.
Research context
How to read Better Builders’s permit evidence
The profile records what selected public documents say; it is not a ranking or a claim that every project used the same wall system. Use these guides to interpret the permit language, check the current contractor record, and define the site-specific questions before comparing bids.
Related evidence