Remodeling in Plantation
Kitchens, bathrooms, tile, flooring, drywall and painting across Plantation and Broward County — with the permit route and the association rules handled as part of the schedule rather than discovered halfway through.
Permits and approvals in Plantation
Plantation applies Florida Building Code 105.1 as amended by Broward County: anyone intending to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, remove or demolish a building — or to install, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system — has to apply to the Building Official and get a permit first. The permit page repeats it plainly, and tells homeowners not to begin work until the approved permit is in hand. What is worth knowing is what the City does not publish: its own FAQ entry titled “When is a permit not required?” does not answer the question, it gives you the Division Chief's phone number. There is no exempt-work list and no interior-remodel checklist on the city site, so nobody here should assume painting or flooring is exempt the way it is a few miles north.
Plantation went the other way from most of its neighbours. Since 8 May 2023 association sign-off is no longer a condition of applying for or obtaining a building permit. The City is careful to add that a permit is not association approval — the owner and contractor still answer to whatever is in the recorded covenants.
Applications have been digital-only since 14 November 2022, filed through Accela Citizen Access at aca.plantation.org with plans routed to the ePermitHub Digital Plan Room. The office runs Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with customers signed in by 5:15, and the City publishes an expectation of same-day issuance for minor permits and one week to ten working days for larger plan sets. One local rule can change a whole budget: the City's Opening Protection Mitigation Application states that a permit applied for on or after 1 July 2008, estimated at $50,000 or more, on a structure in the wind-borne debris region with an insured or just value of $750,000 or more, triggers opening protections to new-construction standard for the entire structure.
The rules that apply across the whole service area — the county permit application, the hurricane code and the condominium requirements — are set out on the service areas page rather than repeated here.
Where to apply
- City of Plantation — Department of Building Safety
- 401 NW 70th Terrace, 1st Floor, Plantation FL 33317
- 954-797-2765
- Building department website
Code that applies
- Broward County
- High-Velocity Hurricane Zone — Miami-Dade NOA required on windows and exterior doors
- Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023)
- Median home built 1984
How we work here
- Free in-home estimate, written and itemized
- A named installer and a one-hour arrival window
- Materials ordered before demolition starts
- Daily cleanup — the home stays livable
- Service in English and Spanish
Recent work
Completed projects across the South Florida service area. Ask at the estimate to see work close to you.
What we do in Plantation
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need a permit to remodel a kitchen or bathroom in Plantation?
- Plantation applies Florida Building Code 105.1 as amended by Broward County: anyone intending to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, remove or demolish a building — or to install, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system — has to apply to the Building Official and get a permit first. The permit page repeats it plainly, and tells homeowners not to begin work until the approved permit is in hand. What is worth knowing is what the City does not publish: its own FAQ entry titled “When is a permit not required?” does not answer the question, it gives you the Division Chief's phone number. There is no exempt-work list and no interior-remodel checklist on the city site, so nobody here should assume painting or flooring is exempt the way it is a few miles north.
- What does my condo or HOA need to approve in Plantation?
- Plantation went the other way from most of its neighbours. Since 8 May 2023 association sign-off is no longer a condition of applying for or obtaining a building permit. The City is careful to add that a permit is not association approval — the owner and contractor still answer to whatever is in the recorded covenants.
- Anything specific to Plantation I should know?
- Applications have been digital-only since 14 November 2022, filed through Accela Citizen Access at aca.plantation.org with plans routed to the ePermitHub Digital Plan Room. The office runs Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with customers signed in by 5:15, and the City publishes an expectation of same-day issuance for minor permits and one week to ten working days for larger plan sets. One local rule can change a whole budget: the City's Opening Protection Mitigation Application states that a permit applied for on or after 1 July 2008, estimated at $50,000 or more, on a structure in the wind-borne debris region with an insured or just value of $750,000 or more, triggers opening protections to new-construction standard for the entire structure.
- Who issues the permit for work in Plantation?
- City of Plantation — Department of Building Safety, at 401 NW 70th Terrace, 1st Floor, Plantation FL 33317, 954-797-2765. Every municipality in this service area runs its own building department with its own requirements, which is why we confirm scope with the right one before quoting rather than assuming the county rule applies.
- Does the hurricane code change the job in Plantation?
- Plantation is in Broward County, which together with Miami-Dade makes up the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone under Chapter 44 of the Florida Building Code, Residential. In practice that means any window or exterior door in the project has to carry a current Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance, and design wind pressures are calculated to the HVHZ standard. Interior-only work is unaffected, but the moment a project touches an opening it changes what can be specified.
- My Plantation house is from the 1970s — what should I expect?
- The median home in Plantation was built in 1984, so this is the common case rather than the exception. Two things turn up often enough that we look for them before quoting: cast iron drain lines, which were standard here before about 1975 and typically fail somewhere between forty and sixty years, and electrical that was sized for a very different kitchen. Finding either at the estimate is a conversation; finding it after demolition is a change order.
Planning a project in Plantation?
Free in-home estimate, written and itemized, usually within 24 hours of the visit.
