Basement Waterproofing Service Areas Around Grand Rapids, MI
Requests come in from all over Grand Rapids, MI and from five neighboring communities in Kent and Ottawa counties. Every request is handed to just one independent local contractor, who comes out and writes up the estimate; this referral service never does basement work itself.
Where This Service Reaches
The City of Grand Rapids, the Kent County seat on the Grand River, sits at the center, Heritage Hill and every other part of town included. Inside City limits the Development Center (616-456-4100) issues building and plumbing permits, and Environmental Services takes sewer backup reports through 311 (616-456-3000 from outside the City). The sewer lateral belongs to the property owner.
Each neighbor below is its own city or township, with its own permit office and sewer contacts, even where a mailing address says Grand Rapids. Michigan's LARA licensing and the state plumbing law apply in every one of them. Wastewater from East Grand Rapids, Kentwood and Grand Rapids Township goes to the City's treatment plant, while Grandville and Jenison send theirs to the Grandville Clean Water Plant.
Look Up Your Town
Enter the name of your city or township below, and the check shows right away whether it falls inside the area.
Local Pages
- East Grand Rapids, MI. About 3 miles east of downtown, wrapped around Reeds Lake, with the oldest homes outside the City and the highest home values of the five. Its permit packet asks for drainage plans for egress window wells, and Cascade Township Building Inspection Services (616-949-3765) handles inspections.
- Kentwood, MI. About 7 miles south and the largest of the five, with 54,776 people (2025 estimate) and plenty of condos and townhomes. Plaster Creek is the biggest stream through the city, and Kentwood's own Inspections department (616-554-0700) issues permits.
- Grandville, MI. About 6 miles southwest, where the Grand River forms the northern border and Buck Creek runs through town. In April 2013 the city reported floodwater entering its sanitary sewer through floor drains and manholes. Professional Code Inspections (616-667-8803) handles permits.
- Grand Rapids Township, MI. About 6 miles northeast, a charter township since 1979 and the township the City of Grand Rapids incorporated out of in 1850. Many addresses there read "Grand Rapids, MI", yet permits come from Cascade Inspection Services (616-949-3765) after Township review.
- Jenison, MI. About 7 miles west, in Georgetown Charter Township, Ottawa County, settled in the 1830s by the Jenison brothers, who ran a lumber mill on Rush Creek. It was among the hardest-hit areas in a March 2026 storm with up to nearly 3 inches of rain (WOOD-TV). Professional Code Inspections (616-667-8803) issues permits.
311, the Development Center and the City's sewer programs serve City addresses only. In the towns above, take permit and sewer backup questions to your own city or township office.
Check Before You Call
Just past one of these lines? Cascade Township is nearby but has no page of its own here. Run the area check above or send your address through the form, and you'll find out plainly whether a contractor can take the request. Before you talk with that contractor or a town office, have the LARA license lookup handy and your questions written down.
If a contractor can help, it reaches out about a visit and then prices the job in writing. Advertising fees from contractors may fund this site, but a request never costs you anything and never earns you anything either.