How much does home addition cost in Miami? The usual addition & remodel job filed with Miami is $38,564, from 932 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $10,000 and $55,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual addition & remodel job filed with Miami is $38,564, from 932 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $10,000 and $55,000. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. An addition & remodel permit here usually takes 313 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 932 priced permits across 502 firms, pooled into one. Half of Miami addition & remodel permits were filed between $12,900 and $120,000.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $5,000 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $12,900 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $47,800 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $120,000 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $233,000 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: the Florida Department of Revenue tax roll for Miami-Dade (just value).
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $649,806 | $55,000 | 166 | 263 |
| Middle third | $649,806–$1,194,919 | $48,835 | 166 | 311 |
| Upper third | $1,198,969 and up | $20,000 | 167 | 353 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mag Builders LLC | 26 | 12 | $15,000 | $3,500–$165,376 | 73.4% |
| M.K. Developers Inc | 10 | 8 | $20,000 | $3,125–$25,000 | — |
| Torre Construction & Development LLC | 11 | 6 | $12,500 | $10,500–$222,500 | — |
| Ibuild Inc | 10 | 6 | $10,750 | $5,250–$56,250 | — |
| Protective Shutters & Windows Inc | 6 | 6 | $46,839 | $26,502–$74,011 | — |
| Porta Negra Design & Build LLC | 5 | 5 | $120,000 | $88,127–$250,000 | — |
| Keep Investing LLC | 6 | 4 | $65,313 | $42,125–$90,564 | — |
| Andcon LLC | 5 | 4 | $14,000 | $10,000–$20,000 | — |
| Milcams Construction LLC | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| MV Construction & Development Group Inc | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In Miami, 1 in 10 addition & remodel filed values sit under $5,000, the middle half between $12,900 and $120,000, and 1 in 10 over $233,000.
Miami files the fewest addition & remodel permits in December (60 against an average month of 100) and the most in July (122). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Miami →
Source: City of Miami building permits (since 2014). The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
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