The only water shutoff valve for my house is located in a recessed box at the front curb, some 50 ft away. Using it requires a special long-handled "tool" which is kept in the garage 80 ft in the opposite direction. Adding to potential for confusion, the valve itself is very unclearly marked as to on/off, plus there's another valve for the entire street just a few feet away, which this tool also operates. With +100lbs water pressure this makes me very nervous about how much water could potentially spill should something disasterous happen.
It looks like the pipe runs underground up to the footings, either under or through the footings, and vertically up on the inside of the foundation in the crawlspace. Can a pumber add a shutoff at the house, by drilling through the foundation? Are permits usually required for this kind of work?