Construction Services in Plantation, FL
If you own a home in Plantation built between the late 1950s and the mid-1980s, you’re likely looking at a property that needs real structural attention right now. That’s not a sales line. It’s what happens when thousands of CBS homes hit the 40-to-65-year mark at the same time, all built before Hurricane Andrew rewrote South Florida’s building codes. Groundwork Construction Co. handles the full scope of what those homes need today: kitchen and bath remodels, roof replacements, window and door upgrades, home additions, fencing, and paver driveways. Our crews serve Plantation daily, and when you call (844) 638-7249, a live person picks up, 24/7.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
What to Look for in a Plantation Contractor (and What We Do Differently)
Plantation isn’t a patchwork of homes from every decade. It’s a master-planned city where entire neighborhoods share the same construction vintage. That creates a pattern most contractors miss: when one home on the block needs an electrical panel upgrade for a permitted addition, the house two doors down usually does too. When a flat roof on a 1962 CBS ranch in Plantation Gardens fails, the identical roof three streets over in Royal Palm Estates is on borrowed time.
The right contractor for Plantation knows these patterns and prices them honestly upfront. Here’s where we stand apart. Every project we take on is covered by our 730-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right. No fine print, no expiration loophole, no arguing about scope. Our technicians are background-checked and arrive in uniform, not in an unmarked van. And we answer the phone. Call (844) 638-7249 right now and you won’t get a voicemail black hole. You’ll get a person who can schedule your free estimate. That matters at 2 p.m. on a Tuesday, and it matters a lot more at 8 p.m. on a Friday when a roof leak just opened up over your living room.
Plantation homeowners also face a specific permitting dynamic that out-of-area crews routinely misjudge. The city falls under Broward County’s building jurisdiction, which sits between Miami-Dade’s stricter High-Velocity Hurricane Zone rules and Palm Beach’s lighter documentation requirements. Contractors coming up from Miami-Dade tend to over-engineer submittals, which slows down permit approval. Those coming down from Palm Beach often under-document wind-mitigation details and get kicked back for revision. We’ve filed enough Broward County permits to know exactly where the inspection thresholds sit, and that knowledge keeps your project moving when other contractors are stuck waiting on plan review. Our home page has more on how we approach every job, start to finish.
Construction Services We Offer in Plantation
Kitchen Remodeling
Plantation kitchens from the 1960s and 1970s were built closed-off, with cramped footprints and original wiring that can’t support modern appliances. We open those spaces up, reconfigure layouts for how families actually cook today, and install cabinetry from partners like KraftMaid with Cambria quartz countertops built to hold up under daily use. Learn more about our Kitchen Remodeling in Plantation.
Bathroom Remodeling
Tearing out a 50-year-old bathroom in Plantation almost always reveals surprises behind the walls: corroded cast-iron drain lines, moisture damage in the CBS block, or tile set directly on slab with no waterproofing membrane. We plan for what we know is there and handle the unknowns without change-order shock because our upfront pricing reflects real local conditions. Learn more about our Bathroom Remodeling in Plantation.
Home Additions & ADU
Adding square footage in Plantation means contending with a seasonally high water table on the limestone shelf and Broward County’s wind-load requirements for new structural tie-downs. We design additions that meet code, handle the drainage engineering, and pull every permit, so your new primary suite or backyard ADU is legal, insurable, and built to stay put through hurricane season. Learn more about our Home Additions & ADU in Plantation.
Roofing
Flat and low-pitched roofs dominate Plantation’s original housing stock, and they’re unforgiving in South Florida’s afternoon downpours. We install GAF and CertainTeed systems with the wind-mitigation documentation your insurer wants to see, and our crews know how to tie new roofing into existing CBS walls without creating water intrusion points that haunt you later.
Windows & Doors
Original jalousie and single-pane aluminum windows in Plantation homes do almost nothing against heat gain or wind-driven rain. We replace them with Andersen or Pella impact-rated units sized to fit the existing openings, which matters because altering CBS window bucks triggers a more complex permit path that some contractors don’t mention until the job is underway.
Fence Installation
Plantation’s lot-and-block subdivision layout means most properties share fence lines with at least two neighbors. We handle the property-line verification, pull Broward County fence permits, and install fencing that stands up to saturated soil conditions without leaning after the first rainy season.
Driveway & Pavers
Concrete driveways poured in the 1960s in Plantation are hitting the end of their service life, with cracking driven by decades of limestone-substrate settling. We use Belgard pavers and products from Oldcastle and Sakrete for paver driveways, walkways, and pool decks that let water drain through instead of pooling, and the result holds up on Plantation’s flat grade far better than a new concrete slab would.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Plantation
We work across Plantation daily, with most of our projects concentrated in the neighborhoods where the city’s signature CBS construction is cycling into renovation phase. Typical response time for an estimate visit is within 48 hours, and emergency calls get same-day attention.
- Plantation Gardens - 1960s CBS ranches with original kitchens and baths reaching full renovation age
- Royal Palm Estates - larger-lot homes where we’re frequently adding master suites and paver driveways
- Jacaranda Lakes - water-adjacent properties where drainage and window upgrades are consistent needs
- Plantation Acres - semi-rural lots where ADU additions and fence projects are common
- Fountain Springs - 1970s subdivisions where roofing and electrical panel upgrades dominate our work
Why Plantation’s Climate & Housing Affect Construction
Plantation sits on South Florida’s flat limestone shelf at roughly 8 to 10 feet above sea level. What that means for construction isn’t abstract. The water table sits high, and any project that disturbs the ground, whether it’s a home addition, a paver driveway install, or drainage regrading, has to account for subsurface water intrusion and soil bearing capacity that shifts seasonally. Our site assessments for additions in Plantation always include a drainage evaluation because we’ve seen too many room additions where the first heavy June rain revealed that water was moving toward the foundation, not away from it.
The housing stock adds another layer. Plantation was developed in deliberate phases by large builders between roughly 1958 and 1988, which means entire neighborhoods share the same construction vintage. In Plantation Gardens, we routinely open walls to find the same electrical panels and the same cast-iron plumbing that every other home on the street has. That makes our estimating faster and our pricing more accurate. We’re not guessing what’s behind the drywall on a 1963 CBS ranch. We’ve opened those walls dozens of times, and we know what needs updating to bring the home to current code for a permitted kitchen remodel or bath addition. The Florida Building Code’s Broward County wind-load requirements also govern every structural change we make, and we don’t cut corners on tie-downs or strapping details just because an inspector might not catch them. The 730-Day Done Right Promise means we’d be fixing it on our own dime anyway.
Pricing for Construction in Plantation
Construction pricing in Plantation tracks closely with South Florida’s broader market, but the age of the housing stock introduces variables that a flat-rate quote from an online estimator won’t capture. Below are real starting ranges for the work we do here, based on what we’ve quoted and built in Plantation. Every project begins with a free, no-pressure estimate that gives you a written line-item price, not a ballpark that grows later.
- Kitchen Remodeling: $35,000 - $85,000+ (full gut with layout changes, cabinetry, counters, electrical update)
- Bathroom Remodeling: $18,000 - $45,000 (depends on whether we’re relocating plumbing in a slab-on-grade home)
- Home Additions & ADU: $120,000 - $280,000+ (engineering, foundation on limestone, permits, and full finishes)
- Roofing: $12,000 - $35,000 (flat/low-pitch replacement with wind-mitigation, size-dependent)
- Windows & Doors: $800 - $3,200 per opening (impact-rated units, installed with CBS-friendly flashing)
- Fence Installation: $3,500 - $14,000 (PVC, wood, or aluminum, property-line verification included)
- Driveway & Pavers: $8,000 - $28,000 (tear-out and paver install on a typical Plantation lot)
We also offer 0% financing for 18 months and $1,000 off projects over $10,000. Those two offers together make a significant remodel or addition financially accessible without a lump-sum cash outlay that strains the budget. Call (844) 638-7249 for an exact quote. Estimates are free, and the number you see is the number you pay.
Service Area - Cities Near Plantation
Beyond Plantation, our crews serve a wide radius across South Florida. If you’re in Immokalee, LaBelle, Marco Island, or Lehigh Acres, we provide the same upfront pricing, background-checked crews, and 730-Day Done Right Promise. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Miami office, and our Plantation-based teams know the local roads, the local permit offices, and the local inspectors by name.
Serving Plantation, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Plantation area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Construction in Plantation
A full kitchen remodel in Plantation typically runs $35,000 to $85,000 or more, depending on whether we’re moving walls, updating electrical to current code, and replacing the original 1960s plumbing stacks that most CBS homes still have. The two biggest cost drivers are layout changes that require structural work in block walls and the condition of the sub-slab drain lines we uncover during demo. Call (844) 638-7249 for an exact quote, no obligation.
No. Groundwork Construction Co. provides upfront, line-item pricing. When we quote a kitchen remodel, a roof replacement, or a home addition in Plantation, that number is fixed unless you change the scope. We plan for what we know is inside the walls of a 40-to-65-year-old CBS home because we’ve worked on hundreds of them. The change-order games other contractors play are not how we operate, and our 730-Day Done Right Promise backs that in writing.
Yes, we pull every required permit through Broward County’s building jurisdiction for every project in Plantation. Kitchen remodels, bath remodels, additions, roof replacements, window and door swaps, fence installation, and paver work all have specific permit paths here, and we handle them from submittal through final inspection. No permit pulled means no legal recourse if something goes wrong, and it also means your insurance company can deny a related claim. We don’t put our clients in that position.
Most home additions and ADU projects in Plantation take 4 to 8 months from permit submittal to final inspection, with the permitting phase itself running 4 to 8 weeks depending on Broward County’s current plan-review backlog. Hurricane season, June through November, can add inspection delays that are outside any contractor’s control, but we build that buffer into our schedules so you’re not caught off guard. Smaller remodels like a bathroom or kitchen typically finish in 4 to 10 weeks.
Plantation’s housing stock was almost entirely built before Hurricane Andrew’s 1992 destruction forced sweeping changes to Florida’s building codes. That means most homes here lack the continuous load-path tie-downs, impact-rated openings, and secondary water barriers that newer homes have by default. When we remodel a Plantation kitchen or add a master suite, we’re not just updating the finishes. We’re retrofitting the structure to meet current wind-load requirements, upgrading electrical panels that haven’t been touched since the Johnson administration, and tying the new work into the existing CBS shell in a way that won’t separate during the next major storm. A contractor who only does cosmetic work in newer homes won’t know to look for these things. Call (844) 638-7249 to schedule a free estimate with a team that does.
Ready to Start Your Plantation Project?
You’re not just hiring a contractor. You’re choosing whether the next six months of your life involve stress, surprises, and an unreturned phone call, or a clear plan, a fixed price, and a written guarantee that lasts two full years after the work is done. Groundwork Construction Co. brings upfront pricing, a live person on the phone 24/7, background-checked uniformed crews, and the 730-Day Done Right Promise to every Plantation project we take on. Call (844) 638-7249 now and let’s walk through what you want to build. The estimate is free, and you’ll have real numbers to work with, not a ballpark that shifts on you later.
Written by Derek Hollenbeck, Owner at Groundwork Construction Co., serving Plantation homeowners with straight answers and accountable construction.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local construction pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you - the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What Plantation Customers Say
"He told me one part of what I wanted was a bad idea structurally and offered an alternative instead of just taking the money."
- Angela Wong"Change orders were written down and priced before the work happened, every single time. No surprise at the end."
- Keisha Robinson"The schedule he gave me at the start was accurate to within four days on a three month job. Anyone who has done a renovation knows how unusual that is."
- Laura Bennett