Rootstone · trades

Masonry and exterior

Part of Rootstone

Exterior walls, parapets, chimneys, lintels, sills and cornices

Chicago buildings with open city violations for exterior masonry work.

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Right now in Chicago

open leads from the last 90 days
545
with new city records this week
13
with a city hearing coming up
45
where the city fined the owner this year
29

542 of the open building leads already have the owner's mailing address. Live counts from City of Chicago and Cook County open data, updated twice a day.

Why contractors use it

Every lead comes with a reason to act now

The city cited the building for work your trade does. When a hearing is scheduled we show the date, and an owner facing a judge, or already fined, wants the repair done.

Mail the person who pays

Each building is matched to the owner's mailing address from Cook County property records, often somewhere other than the building, with how sure the match is.

One lead per building, nothing twice

Every open record at an address is grouped into one lead. The weekly email sends only what's new, and buildings come back only when the city cites them again.

Real leads from this week

Owner names and mailing streets are in the subscriber version, ready for a mail merge.

7205 S PRAIRIE AVE

newest Nov 12, 2026

GREATER GRAND CROSSING · 60619

  • CHIMNEY
  • CHIMNEY CAPPING
  • PARAPET
  • REPAIR COPING
  • REPAIR EXTERIOR WALL
  • REPAIR LINTELS

Mail to: Owner (Chicago, IL)

5528 S CORNELL AVE

newest Nov 12, 2026

HYDE PARK · 60637

  • REPAIR EXTERIOR WALL

Mail to: Owner who lives elsewhere (Englewood, NJ)

1750 E 55TH ST

newest Nov 12, 2026

HYDE PARK · 60615

  • PARAPET
  • REPAIR EXTERIOR WALL

Mail to: Owner who lives elsewhere (Chicago, IL)

More sample leadsSee this week's email

What Rootstone watches for in this trade

Open violations

City building violations · mailed to the property owner

  • Repair Exterior Wall
  • Chimney
  • Parapet
  • Parapet & Coping
  • Repair Window Sills
  • Repair Lintels
  • Repair Cornice
  • Chimney Capping
  • Chimney Height
  • Repair Coping

What you get

  • A Monday email with the week's new leads in your neighborhoods or ZIP codes, hearing dates first.
  • Your full lead list online, sortable by upcoming hearing, with each building's city records and owner track record.
  • A CSV for mail merge: owner and taxpayer mailing addresses, hearing dates, fines.
  • Built for direct mail. Rootstone does not offer phone numbers or automated calling or texting.

Get early access

Rootstone opens to subscribers soon. Tell us your trade and where you work, and we'll set you up first.

Email contact@alderworksllc.comAll five trades