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Licensed General Contractor in Golden Glades
A licensed general contractor in Golden Glades manages the permits, inspections, subcontractors, and schedule so you don’t have to chase down the county or wonder who’s showing up next. In this unincorporated pocket of Miami-Dade, that role matters more than in neighboring cities, because a Golden Glades homeowner doesn’t just need a building permit. They often need septic and well verifications signed off before the county will close the project. Sawyer Remodeling runs that entire sequence under The Relay Standard: written price before work starts, live arrival time, photo updates before and after, and a digital invoice you pay from a link.
What does that mean for a Golden Glades kitchen remodel? Expect $14,000 to $45,000 depending on the cabinet line, countertop material, and how much plumbing moves. A bathroom remodel runs $9,000 to $28,000. Those numbers include the permit coordination, the septic/well scheduling on applicable homes, and a written scope of work with line-item allowances, so the invoice number is the number you approved. Call (254) 272-5876 to get your project scoped and priced in writing.
Permit & Inspection Coordination
Golden Glades sits in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, which means the county’s building department, not a city hall, handles plan review and inspections. For a bathroom remodel, a plumbing permit and a building permit typically apply. For a home addition, you’re looking at structural, electrical, and roofing sign-offs. We pull the permits, schedule the inspections, and stand on-site for each visit so the county inspector talks to someone who knows the job, not an empty house.
Septic & Well Verification
A large share of Golden Glades homes run on septic systems and shallow wells rather than municipal sewer and water. That’s the detail that gets missed on a lot of bids in this area. Before we close up a subfloor on a bathroom remodel or pour footers on an addition, we line up the drain-field verification the county wants on file. No inspection sign-off means no closed permit, and no closed permit means a headache when you sell. We don’t skip that step.
Residential General Contractor in Golden Glades

Hiring a residential general contractor in Golden Glades usually means one of two things: you’re planning a kitchen or bathroom remodel, or you’re adding square footage through a room addition or garage conversion. Sawyer Remodeling handles both ends of that spectrum, from a $3,500 tub-to-shower conversion to a $130,000 home addition, with the same written-price discipline on every job. No national square-foot averages. No vague allowances that balloon at the invoice. A scope of work with real numbers, tied to the brands you choose, approved before a tool is picked up.
We’re part of the Relay Home Co. family, founded in 2005, and led locally by Luca Romano. Background-checked, uniformed technicians arrive for every job, and a live person answers the phone 24/7. For Golden Glades homeowners, that means no voicemail loops when you’re trying to confirm a cabinet delivery or ask why the inspector moved the rough-in from Tuesday to Thursday. Call (254) 272-5876 and you’ll get a person, then a written estimate.
Kitchen & Bath Remodels
A Golden Glades kitchen remodel in the $14,000 to $45,000 range might include KraftMaid or Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria or Caesarstone counters, and a Kohler or Toto fixture package. The price moves with the cabinet line, whether you’re changing the footprint, and what the county requires on inspections. We write every allowance as a line item so you can adjust a material choice before signing, not after the drywall is up.
Additions & Garage Conversions
A home addition in Golden Glades runs $45,000 to $130,000, and a garage conversion lands between $30,000 and $80,000. Both projects trigger structural inspections, and on septic-served lots the county wants drain-field verification before final sign-off. The calendar matters as much as the price here. We sequence permit approval, inspection sign-offs, and material lead times into a written schedule you can track from your phone.
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Why Sawyer Remodeling Is Golden Glades’s Preferred General Contractor Company
Golden Glades homeowners deal with a specific set of realities: county permitting, septic systems, older housing stock near NW 167th Street and the Golden Glades Interchange, and contractors who price off a national average instead of a local scope. Our reputation here comes from doing the opposite. Every estimate is a written line-item scope tied to the actual conditions of your house and lot, not a per-square-foot guess.
Luca Romano runs the Golden Glades schedule directly. When a homeowner off NW 7th Avenue asks why the Cambria template didn’t ship on the quoted date, the answer comes from someone who knows the job, not a call-center script. The 365-Day Done Right Promise backs every project in writing: if something’s not done right, we make it right, for a full year after close. That’s the same guarantee on a $800 vanity install or a $130,000 addition. No fine print, no argument.
Trusted Brands We Service in Golden Glades
We install and service name-brand materials Golden Glades homeowners recognize, not mystery supplier stock. In kitchens, that means KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry with Cambria, Caesarstone, or Silestone countertops. In baths, Kohler, Moen, and Toto fixtures. For any concrete or paver work on a patio or driveway, we use Sakrete mixes suited to South Florida’s sandy subgrade. For prefabricated accessory dwelling units, we partner with Abodu and Cover for factory-built ADUs that pass county plan review faster than stick-built. We keep local stock for common Golden Glades jobs, which shortens the lead time when a vanity or faucet gets swapped mid-project.
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AfterCommon General Contractor Problems We See in Golden Glades Homes
- Septic-skipped permits. A contractor pulls the building permit for a bathroom remodel but never schedules the county septic inspection on a Golden Glades lot. The county won’t close the permit, the homeowner can’t get a clean certificate of occupancy, and the issue surfaces at sale time.
- National-average pricing. A Golden Glades remodel gets priced off a generic square-foot figure instead of a written scope. The homeowner approves $22,000 for a kitchen, then finds out the allowance covered stock cabinets, not the KraftMaid line they thought they were getting.
- Draw-schedule drift. The contractor front-loads material deposits for cabinets and countertops before the rough-in inspection has signed off. Now the homeowner’s money is sitting in a warehouse while the calendar slips, and there’s no line item to show why.
- No septic field check before subfloor closure. We see bathroom remodels where the drain field under the slab was never verified before the subfloor went back down. If the field fails later, the new shower pan and tile have to come up. That’s a five-figure do-over that a same-week septic inspection would have prevented.
Pricing for General Contractor in Golden Glades, FL

Here’s what we tell Golden Glades homeowners before we ever set foot in the house. The table below is the actual range we quote on this market, tied to the scope of work and the material allowances you pick.
| Project | Price Range in Golden Glades |
|---|---|
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Walk-In Shower Installation | $4,500 – $12,000 |
| Tub-to-Shower Conversion | $3,500 – $10,000 |
| Bathroom Vanity Installation | $800 – $3,000 |
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Home Addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
The price moves with three things: the material line you choose, whether plumbing or structural changes trigger extra county inspections, and the field conditions we find when demo starts. We capture all three in the written scope before you sign, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the work for a year after close. Call (254) 272-5876 for a free estimate with no phone tag and a real number on paper.
We Also Serve Cities Near Golden Glades
Our General Contractor team covers Golden Glades and the surrounding South Florida communities, including Miami, Hialeah, Miami Gardens, and Homestead. If you’re just over the line in any of those cities, the same written-price process and 365-Day Done Right Promise apply. Golden Glades remains our focus for septic-coordinated remodels and additions, but the Relay Standard travels.
Serving Golden Glades, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Golden Glades 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 General Contractor in Golden Glades

Yes. Golden Glades sits in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, so the county building department issues the permit and schedules the inspections. A bathroom remodel typically requires a building permit and a plumbing permit; a kitchen remodel adds an electrical inspection when the layout changes. On septic-served lots, the county also wants a drain-field verification before final sign-off. We pull the permits, schedule the inspections, and stand on-site for each visit. Call (254) 272-5876 and we’ll tell you which permits your specific project triggers, free.
A general contractor in Golden Glades runs the whole job: scope, written price, permits, septic/well coordination, material ordering, subcontractor scheduling, inspections, and the punch list. Our process starts with a walkthrough and a written scope with line-item allowances. Then we pull permits and schedule the county inspections. Demo happens only after the permit is issued. Rough-in gets inspected, subfloor goes down, finishes go in, and the final inspection closes the permit. You get photo updates before and after each phase, and a digital invoice you pay from a link.
Because someone priced the job without looking at what’s behind the walls or under the slab. On older Golden Glades homes, the real cost driver is field conditions: a rotted subfloor under a 1970s tub, a drain field that never got verified, or an electrical panel that won’t pass a modern inspection. Our written scope includes allowances for those conditions, and any change order gets written, priced, and approved by you before the work proceeds. The number on the invoice is the number you approved. Call (254) 272-5876 for a scope built for your actual house, not a national average.
A Golden Glades home addition in the $45,000 to $130,000 range runs 4 to 8 months from plan approval to final inspection. A garage conversion lands between $30,000 and $80,000 and typically takes 3 to 5 months. The big calendar variables here are county plan review, septic/well verification, and material lead times for custom cabinetry or prefabricated ADU modules. We write the schedule into the initial scope and update it as each inspection signs off, so you always know what’s happening this week and what’s next.
We install kitchens with KraftMaid or Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria or Caesarstone counters, and Kohler, Moen, or Toto fixtures. Baths run the same fixture lines with Silestone or Cambria vanity tops. For driveways and patios, we use Sakrete concrete and paver mixes rated for South Florida’s sandy subgrade. For ADUs, we partner with Abodu and Cover for factory-built units that move through county plan review faster than stick-built. Every material line is written into your scope as a line item, so you pick the brand and we price it before work starts.
Written by Luca Romano, Owner at Sawyer Remodeling, serving Golden Glades through the Relay Home Co. family since 2005.










