Haverhill City Hall

Haverhill City Hall at 4 Summer Street is the seat of the city's municipal government, not a contractor a homeowner hires. Permits, tax and water bills, records requests and the departments behind them all run out of this building. Its Google page carries a 4-star average across 57 ratings — the kind of score that tracks counter service and phone manner, not workmanship. Both praise and frustration turn up in that history, as they do for most municipal offices. If you came here looking for someone to inspect a house before you buy it, this is the wrong door; a private home inspector is a separate hire. Call the city directly for permits, code-enforcement inspections, or anything else the municipality itself handles.