Normal by the book proper process.... electrician opens a permit, they do the rough-in, it is inspected, then they close everything up and hook up all the devices, second inspection and done.
@Baggsy it is very unlikely they pulled a permit. Also, a permit would require the entire circuit be brought up to current code including AFCI and of course device count. Is it a big problem there was no permit, depends on personal opinion and the quality of the work in this context....? BTW, if they know the electrician and the work has always been high quality the inspection may be more of a rubber stamp, so to speak.
As a homeowner that has done their own work on a permit the ESA gives you a day, between 8AM and 4PM.... They may give a tighter window for trades but this window is a high cost, now you pay the electrician to stand around at their hourly rate twice for the two inspection, for a small job that will likely be more hours than the job actually took!
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Kitchen reno is on our needed list (it is rough). I will make my own cabinets, do my own work.... $40K to hire out becomes $<10K based on counter-tops. BTW, I have done some concrete ones and they turn out quite nice.
