Paperwork that survives a title search.

Most permit problems in Surfside were created long before the current owner arrived. The 1940s and 50s houses along Abbott, Byron, Carlyle, Dickens, and Hawthorne have each passed through several hands, and somewhere in that history a carport became a room, a bathroom appeared where a closet used to be, or windows were changed on a quiet weekend. None of that shows on a survey. All of it shows on a permit search, which is exactly what a title company or a refinance underwriter runs before the money moves. In the Collins Avenue towers the same question arrives addressed to a board instead.

Permits in Surfside are issued and inspected by the Town of Surfside Building Department on Harding Avenue, not by the county, although Miami-Dade rules follow the work anyway. Exterior changes and substantial renovations go to the Planning and Zoning Board for design review, with complete drawings due well ahead of a meeting date. Windows, doors, and roofing need current Miami-Dade product approvals, because the whole town sits in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone. Buildings other than houses and duplexes fall under the county recertification code, handled here through the Building Department's Governmental Compliance Section, and condominium boards now carry milestone inspections and structural integrity reserve studies as well.

PGX Builders Group has more than twenty years in South Florida and over 150 remodels and additions delivered, every one of them permitted and inspected. We file under our own license, CGC1539072, and coordinate the engineer, architect, and product documentation each submittal needs, rather than leaving an owner to assemble it. The scope goes in writing before demolition, a supervisor is on site every day work moves, and inspections are met by someone who can answer for the wall in question. We do not promise shortcuts. We promise complete packages, honest sequencing, and a schedule you can hand to a lender.