Questions homeowners askbefore they hire a contractor

There is no honest single number. It depends on the scope, whether any structure moves, the finishes you pick and what the permit requires. Two houses the same size can come out very differently. What we do is give you an itemized estimate, line by line, so you can see where the money goes and decide what to keep before you sign anything.

Yes, for anything structural or anything that needs a permit, and in Miami-Dade that covers most renovations and additions. If you can, bring us the drawings before they are final. We read plans for what is missing, not just what is drawn, and we bring it up before pricing, so the estimate covers the real job.

Pull the permit. Most construction in Miami-Dade County requires one, and unpermitted work has a way of surfacing later, when you sell the house or file an insurance claim. We handle the permit from the application through the final inspection as part of the job, so you are never the one standing in line at the building department.

Sometimes. It depends on the scope. For a full-home remodel we usually suggest moving out for a while, because the dust, the noise and living without a kitchen wear on a family faster than anyone expects. For an addition or a job done in phases, staying often works. We lay out the options and build the schedule around how you need to live.

Often, and the way to do it is planning, not cutting corners. Speed is not shortcuts. We move fast because we plan hard: selections ordered before demolition, permits in hand before the crew shows up, and long-lead items like windows and millwork on order from day one. A job that waits on a decision runs long, so we ask for the decisions early.

Yes, and the right time to do it is before the estimate is final. Value engineering just means finding another way to get the same result for less: a different material, a simpler way to carry a load, a change in the order of work. Some of those choices lower the price and nobody would ever notice. A few would show. We tell you which is which, and you decide.

For a whole-home renovation or a new build, usually yes. A project needs a long list of selections, from the tile to the door hardware, and a designer makes them fit together and makes them early enough that nothing holds up the crew. We work with your designer and architect as one team. If you do not have one yet, say so early and we will talk it through.

Yes. We hold a Florida certified general contractor license, and it is listed in the footer of every page. We carry insurance for the work we do. Ask any contractor for the certificate of insurance before you sign, including us. The license and the insurance are what make the permit, the inspections and the warranty mean something.

Yes. We build commercial buildings from the ground up and renovate commercial interiors across Miami-Dade, for institutions and faith-based owners as well as private ones. A commercial job runs with our superintendent on site, a schedule set at the start, and reports to the owner in writing.

Yes, we take on full-unit renovations in high-rise condo buildings. A condo comes with rules a house does not: building work hours, elevator reservations, association approvals, and the building engineer signing off on anything that touches the plumbing, the electrical or the slab. We build those approvals into the schedule before demolition, so they get handled instead of discovered halfway through.