Whole house renovation · Davie, FL
Whole House Renovation Davie, FL: Every Room in One Order of Work
Whole house renovation Davie homeowners plan once, with every room on one schedule, so the plumber, the electrician and the tile setter each come in the right order and only as many times as the work needs.
- Estimate
- Free, at your house
- Scope
- Every room, one document
- Changes
- Approved by you, in writing
- Your contact
- One person, named
- Part of Gaven Constructions
- Free on-site estimates
- Written 1-year workmanship warranty
- Dedicated project contact
One House, One Order of Work
A whole house renovation is not five remodels in a row. It is one project with one order of work, and that order decides most of what it costs and how long you live with it.
The reason is simple. The rooms share things you cannot see: a drain line that runs under the hall bath and the kitchen, a circuit that feeds two bedrooms and the laundry, a wall that carries part of the roof. Redo the kitchen this year and the baths next year, and the plumber opens the same wall twice. Plan them together, and each trade comes in when the house is ready for it.
That is what we sell: the plan, and someone who keeps it. We put every room on one written scope, decide the sequence before anything is torn out, and coordinate the plumber, the electrician, the drywall crew, the tile setter and the painter so that each one finds the house the way their work needs it.
When a Whole House Renovation Makes Sense
A whole house renovation makes sense when the problems are spread through the house, not sitting in one room.
The house is still original. By the Census Bureau's 2024 count of when Davie's homes were built, 9,315 date from the 1970s and 10,038 from the 1980s. A house from either decade that was never fully redone has a kitchen, two baths, wiring and supply lines that all reached the same age at the same time. Fixing them one at a time means opening the same walls more than once.
Several rooms are on the list anyway. If the kitchen, both baths and the floors are all going to happen within a few years, doing them as one project avoids paying twice for the same demolition, the same rough plumbing and the same inspections.
You just bought the house. Before the furniture goes in is the cheapest moment to move a wall, run new circuits or replace flooring through every room. The house is empty, and nobody has to live around the work.
The layout no longer fits the family. A closed kitchen, a hallway that wastes space, a bedroom that should be an office. Changes like these touch several rooms at once, and they only work if they are planned together.
The finishes do not match. A kitchen redone in one decade, baths from another, three kinds of flooring. Each choice made sense alone. A whole house renovation lets the rooms read as one house again.
When Renovating the Whole House Is Not the Right Call
If the house works and what bothers you is concentrated in one or two rooms, renovating everything widens the scope for no good reason. In that case it makes more sense to work on those rooms, or to plan the improvements in stages so each one is done well and the next one does not undo it. We say so at the visit, before there is a scope to sign.
Three Ways to Renovate the Whole House
There is more than one way to renovate a whole house, and the right one depends on the budget, on whether you can move out, and on how much of the layout is changing.
All at once, with the house empty. Every room is opened, roughed in, inspected and closed in one sequence. It is the shortest total schedule and the one where the trades work most efficiently, because nobody is cooking in the next room or showering around the demolition. It usually means living somewhere else for the length of the work.
In phases, while you live there. The house is split into zones, and each zone is finished before the next one opens. One bathroom and a place to cook stay usable as long as the plan allows it. It takes longer overall, and some work, like flooring that runs through the house or a new electrical panel, has to be timed so it does not cut a finished zone in half. Phasing is a scheduling decision, not a way to make the project smaller on paper: the 50% rule, where the Town decides whether a large project has to meet new-building flood rules, is the Town's call either way, and we raise it before you choose.
Interior finishes only, or the systems too. A renovation can stay at the surface: cabinets, counters, flooring, paint, fixtures. Or it can go into the walls: new supply lines, a new panel, new ductwork, new insulation. The second costs more and takes longer, and it is the version that makes sense when the systems are as old as the finishes. We look at both at the visit and write down which one your house needs, and why.
Whichever one fits, the written scope lists every room, what happens in it, what stays, and what is not included. If something is not on the list, it is not in the price.
The Permit Clock on a Long Renovation in Davie
A long renovation in Davie runs against a clock most homeowners never hear about. The Town's Building Division spells it out on its general permit information page: a permit stays valid as long as work starts within 180 days of being issued and keeps moving, but it expires if the work stops for 90 days or if 90 days go by without an inspection. Renewing it within 90 days of the expiration costs 50% of the original permit fee. After that, it costs 100%. A renewed permit runs another 180 days.
On a kitchen alone, that rarely matters. On a whole house, it does, because a renovation has long stretches where the work is real but nothing is ready to inspect: custom cabinets being built, tile on order, a phase waiting for the family to move into the finished half. That is why we order selections before demolition, and why the schedule in the proposal places an inspection inside each of those stretches instead of leaving a gap the permit cannot survive.
We work out of 4491 S State Road 7, 3rd Floor, Ste PH16, Davie, FL 33314, and cover Davie plus 19 cities across Broward.
How a Whole House Renovation Runs
- The visit. We walk the whole house with you and with anyone else who will decide. We look at every room on your list, at the ones you would leave alone, and at what sits behind the walls: the panel, the water heater, the attic and the plumbing under the sinks.
- The scope. Room by room, what changes, what stays, and what you still need to choose. If walls move, if the layout changes or if the project needs drawings, the scope says so.
- The written proposal. Line items, exclusions, payment terms and an estimated schedule that includes permits, inspections and material lead times, not only the days of work.
- Selections and permits. Cabinets, counters, tile, flooring and fixtures are chosen and ordered before demolition. Permits are applied for. If you live in an HOA, its approval is a separate step, and we list it.
- Demolition and rough-in. Walls open, the house shows what it has, and the plumber, the electrician and the HVAC trade run their work. If something behind a wall changes the scope, you see it and approve the change in writing before it moves.
- Inspections, then closing up. Nothing gets covered until it passes. Then insulation, drywall, cabinets, counters measured to the cabinets, tile, flooring, paint and trim, in that order.
- The walkthrough. We go through every room with you, list anything that still needs a touch, and hand you the warranty and the closing papers.
What a Whole House Renovation Costs Around Davie
One South Florida design firm's 2026 cost guide puts a whole-house renovation, installed, at $150 to $300 per square foot. That is their range for that scope, not our price, and it is a range per square foot of renovated space, not a quote for your house.
What moves a project inside or outside that range is the same list every time:
How much of the house goes into the walls. Finishes only costs less than finishes plus new plumbing, wiring and ductwork. When the systems are original, leaving them behind new finishes is the expensive choice that shows up later.
Whether the layout moves. Keeping the kitchen and baths where they are saves more than almost any material decision. Moving a wet wall means moving drains, and in a house on a slab that means opening the floor.
The kitchen and the baths. They hold the most trades per square foot, so they hold most of the budget.
What the walls hide. A soft subfloor under a shower, an old leak in the kitchen wall, a panel that cannot carry the new circuits. We plan for those before demolition, so a surprise has a price you approve, not one you discover.
Phasing. Doing the house in zones while you live there adds time and some repeated setup, in exchange for not moving out.
The visit and the written estimate are free. You get the price after we have seen the house, with every line spelled out, and nothing is added later without your written approval.
Why Homeowners Give Us the Whole House
A whole house renovation goes wrong in the gaps between trades: the drywall closes before the inspection, the counters arrive before the cabinets are level, the flooring goes in before the paint. We exist to own those gaps.
One scope for the whole house. Every room in one document, with what is included and what is not, so you are comparing one plan, not five quotes that each leave out something different.
One project contact. You know before work starts who coordinates the trades and who answers your call. It does not change halfway through.
Changes in writing first. When a wall opens and shows something new, you see the effect on price and schedule before anything moves.
A written warranty. One year on our workmanship from the day we hand the house back, plus what the manufacturers give you. General Contractor Davie is part of Gaven Constructions.
Permits
Permits and Inspections in Davie
Who signs your contract. The contract names the company doing the work and the license that covers it, so you know who answers for the job before it starts.
What needs a permit, and what needs your HOA. A renovation that moves plumbing, adds circuits, changes walls or replaces windows goes through the Town's Building Division, usually under more than one trade. If you live in an HOA, the association may need to approve parts of it too. They are two approvals, and we list both in the proposal.
Lead-safe work in older houses. If your house was built before 1978, the EPA's renovation, repair and painting rule requires lead-safe work practices whenever painted surfaces are disturbed. In a whole house renovation that is nearly every room, so it goes into the plan from the start.
FAQ
Whole House Renovation Questions From Davie Homeowners
How much does a whole house renovation cost in Davie?
One South Florida design firm's 2026 guide puts it at $150 to $300 per square foot, installed. Your price depends on how much goes into the walls and whether the layout moves. We give it in writing after a free visit.
What is the right order to renovate a whole house in Davie?
Anything structural and anything that keeps water out comes first. Then rough plumbing, wiring and HVAC, then inspections. Only after that: insulation, drywall, cabinets, counters, tile, flooring, paint and fixtures. Getting that order wrong is how finished work gets torn out.
How long does a whole house renovation take in Davie?
It depends on how many rooms are in the scope, whether walls move, and how long permits and materials take. The written proposal gives you an estimated schedule that counts all three, not only the days of work.
Can we live in the house during a whole house renovation in Davie?
Sometimes, if the work is phased so one bathroom and a place to cook stay usable. It takes longer than doing the house empty. We look at the layout at the visit and tell you whether phasing works in your house.
What is the most expensive part of a whole house renovation in Davie?
Usually the kitchen and the bathrooms, because they hold the most trades in the least space. Moving plumbing or walls, and replacing old systems behind the finishes, are what push a project up.
Can I renovate my Davie house in phases instead of all at once?
Yes. Phasing changes the schedule and the permits. It does not decide whether the Town's 50% rule applies; the building official does, and we raise that before you choose.
What happens if you find damage behind the walls of my Davie house?
We stop and show you, price the repair, and wait for your written approval before going on. It is a change to the scope like any other.
A whole house renovation is one of our remodeler services in Davie, where every interior room is planned in one written scope.
Walk us through the whole house, room by room.
Tell us which rooms bother you and which ones you would leave alone. We come to your address for free, look at what sits behind the walls, and put the scope in writing before you decide anything. Our office is at 4491 S State Road 7, 3rd Floor, Ste PH16, Davie, FL 33314.
