Town of Red House

Cattaraugus County, New York

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Red House is a jurisdiction in Cattaraugus County, New York, which does not currently list an online permit database — contact the department directly by phone or email. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department.

Contact

Phone
716-354-5052

Permit Search

No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.

Additional Notes

UNCERTAIN / low-confidence entry: Red House is an extremely small town (well under 100 residents) whose land area is almost entirely occupied by the Red House Area of Allegany State Park. No dedicated town building department, code enforcement officer name, or official town website page could be confirmed via official sources (a purported town site, redhouseny.org, would not resolve). The number above is the Red House Town Hall / Town Supervisor line (Supervisor Tamara A. Booth) per Cattaraugus County's official municipality page (cattco.gov/municipality/red-house); it is included as a plausible general contact point for permit inquiries, not a confirmed dedicated building-permit line. Cattaraugus County is one of the counties that has opted out of state administration of the Uniform/Energy Code, meaning code enforcement is handled at the local (town) level rather than by NYS DOS, but no evidence was found of Red House contracting this out to the county or a shared-service entity either. Verify directly with the Town before relying on this contact for permit purposes.

What You Need Before Applying for a Permit

Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Town of Red House's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.

Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.

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