Harborlight Discreet Inquiry

Private inquiries · Portland, Maine

Discreet inquiries, plotted to your county.

Book a thirty-minute consultation or a four-hour surveillance block online. Cumberland, York, and Sagadahoc counties.

We know the waters. You choose the time.

Prefer to talk it through first? (555) 014-2290

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Chart table · Booking

Consultations and four-hour surveillance blocks are reserved online and confirmed by phone. Tell us the county and the window — we hold the course.

See this week's windows

Course · How it works

Four points, then a steady heading.

Every inquiry is scoped before anything is booked. You know the cost, the counties, and what lands in your hands at the end of it.

A dark sedan parked on a quiet harbor-side street at dusk, notebook and camera on the dashboard
Harbor-side shifts are worked in four-hour blocks, booked in advance.
  1. 01

    Consult

    A thirty-minute consultation, $75. Bring the question you need answered and we tell you what is realistic, what is not, and what the county allows.

  2. 02

    Scope

    A written scope: objective, counties, hours, and what you receive. Nothing runs until you approve it, and the cost is set before any work starts.

  3. 03

    Schedule

    Reserve a four-hour surveillance block or a service window online. You get the confirmed time and a direct number for the duration of the assignment.

  4. 04

    Report

    Documentation delivered in the format agreed at scope — dated, factual, and released to you alone.

Legend · Services & sample rates

What we run, and what it costs.

Sample rates for standard work. Final cost is set at scope, in writing, before anything begins.

  • 30-Minute Consultation

    By phone or in person in Portland. Limits, likelihood, and the counties involved.

    $75 Book
  • 4-Hour Surveillance Block

    A logged four-hour block in the county you name, reserved online and confirmed by phone.

    $380 Book
  • Process Service

    Service of documents within the three counties, with dated proof of service returned to you.

    from $95 Book
  • Tenant & Background Check

    Screening and background verification, returned as a single written summary.

    from $65 Book
  • Records Research

    Registry, court, and municipal records pulled together into one file for your review.

    from $120 Book

Waters · Service area

Three counties. One coastline.

Inquiries are accepted across Cumberland, York, and Sagadahoc counties. Open windows for each town are posted on the availability board below.

  • Portland Cumberland County
  • South Portland Cumberland County
  • Brunswick Cumberland County
  • Biddeford York County
  • Bath Sagadahoc County

Cumberland · York · Sagadahoc counties

Portland, Maine working waterfront at blue hour with fog over Casco Bay
Casco Bay and the working waterfront — the ground we know best.

Availability · This week's board

Book a time.

Windows are reserved online and confirmed by phone. The board is posted each Monday and updated as shifts are taken.

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Every shift is logged to the hour.
Day Window Status
  • Mon 06:00–10:00 Open
  • Tue 14:00–18:00 Open
  • Wed 20:00–23:00 Reserved
  • Thu 06:00–10:00 Open
  • Fri 14:00–18:00 Reserved
  • Sat 20:00–23:00 Open

Open windows are released first come. Call (555) 014-2290 to confirm the current sheet.

Request a window

Send the county and the window. We reply from a Portland number and confirm by phone.

Your details are used only to schedule this inquiry. You will hear back before the window is released.