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Fast, Reliable Home Renovation Across Fountainebleau
Most Fountainebleau homes were built between the 1950s and 1970s as Miami-Dade concrete block construction. That changes how a renovation gets scoped, priced, and permitted. A kitchen or bath remodel here runs $9,000 – $45,000 for most projects, while a whole-house renovation lands between $45,000 and $130,000. Those ranges reflect real Fountainebleau labor, concrete block work, and Miami-Dade permit requirements. Call (254) 272-5876 to get a written price before any work starts.
We know the block homes along Fontainebleau Boulevard and the older splits near the Fountainebleau Golf Course. We know how a simple wall removal can run into a tie beam. And we know that a Fountainebleau homeowner should never be surprised by a change order. That’s the whole point of how we work.
Why Sawyer Remodeling Is Fountainebleau’s Preferred Home Renovation Company
Sawyer Remodeling has been doing Home Renovation work since 2005, and the Fountainebleau jobs we take on run under a set of rules we call The Relay Visibility Guarantee. You get a live arrival time before we show up. You get photo updates before and after the work. And you get a written price before a single tool is picked up. No exceptions.
Luca Romano leads our Fountainebleau renovation team. Luca’s crews are background-checked, uniformed, and scheduled specifically for your job, not squeezed between three other stops. When a Fountainebleau homeowner calls, a live person answers. That person can tell you who is coming, when, and what the scope says. If something changes on-site, you get a written change order before that work proceeds. The price you approved is the price on the invoice. Written, signed, done.
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Renovation Contractors in Fountainebleau
Renovation Contractors in Fountainebleau handle the structural, finish, and systems work of a remodel, and that job looks different here than in a wood-frame market. Most Fountainebleau housing stock is concrete block with a tie beam running along the top of the walls. Any renovation that moves a wall, widens an opening, or reconfigures a floor plan has to account for what that wall is actually carrying. A homeowner who hires a contractor that treats every wall as a partition is setting up a permit problem and a structural fix that should have been in the original scope.
Kitchen and Bath Renovation Scoping
A Fountainebleau kitchen remodel ranges from $14,000 to $45,000. A smaller, cosmetic kitchen update starts around $9,000 and goes to $20,000. Bathroom remodels run $9,000 – $28,000, with walk-in shower installations at $4,500 – $12,000. Cabinet installation alone runs $4,000 – $13,000, and countertop installation is $2,000 – $6,500. These numbers include the concrete block realities: furring strips, masonry patching, and impact-glazing requirements where windows are touched.
Permit and Structural Handoff
Miami-Dade County requires building permits for most Fountainebleau renovations that touch structure, plumbing, or electrical. Sawyer Remodeling pulls the permits. We coordinate the inspections. And we do not demo a wall until we have verified what it carries. If a tie beam or masonry lintel is involved, a licensed structural engineer reviews it before any cutting happens. That step costs money, but skipping it costs far more later.
Whole House Renovation in Fountainebleau
Whole House Renovation in Fountainebleau means taking a block home down to the fundamentals and rebuilding it as a complete, modern living space. These projects run $45,000 to $130,000 and typically span four to eight months depending on scope, permit cycles, and material lead times. A Fountainebleau whole-house job often moves the kitchen, reconfigures bathrooms, replaces all flooring, and upgrades the electrical panel, all while the concrete block structure stays put. The block is not the problem. The problem is pretending the block is not there.
Full-Scale Interior Rebuild
We gut the interior down to the masonry, re-run plumbing and electrical through the block, and build back with a layout that works for how Fountainebleau families live now. KraftMaid cabinetry, Cambria or Caesarstone counters, Kohler or Toto fixtures. Every selection is written into the scope before demolition starts, so the number you approved is the number you pay.
Additions and Structural Changes
Home additions in Fountainebleau run $45,000 – $130,000 and always involve a structural engineer, a Miami-Dade permit, and a foundation tie-in plan. Adding square footage to a block home is not a weekend project. It is a load path decision. We document it, permit it, and build it so the tie beam work is engineered, inspected, and signed off before the finish work begins.
Trusted Brands We Service in Fountainebleau
Fountainebleau customers do not get mystery materials. We source from proven manufacturers: KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria and Caesarstone countertops, Kohler and Toto fixtures, GAF and James Hardie exteriors. On a whole-house renovation, we often spec Schluter edge trim, the metal strip that waterproofs where your tile meets the floor, in showers and wet areas. We do not install whatever is on sale at the local supplier. We install brands with manufacturer backing behind the install, and we write every selection into the contract before purchase orders go out.
Common Home Renovation Problems We See in Fountainebleau Homes
- Interior walls that are actually load-bearing. A Fountainebleau block home’s interior wall often carries the tie beam and roof load. Demo before verification stalls the permit and forces a late structural fix that should have been scoped from day one.
- Cast-iron drain lines and aluminum branch wiring. Homes built in the 1950s – 1970s in this part of Miami-Dade tend to have both. A kitchen or bath remodel that opens the walls can find a $2,000 – $4,000 upgrade hiding behind the drywall. We document it as a change order before the work proceeds.
- Impact glazing requirements. If your renovation touches windows or exterior doors, Miami-Dade code requires impact-rated replacements. That is a real line item, often $8,000 – $25,000 for a whole-house window package, and it belongs in the scope before demolition.
- Wood-frame allowances applied to block construction. National remodel checklists assume wood studs. Fountainebleau homes are concrete block. Furring strips, masonry patching, and tie beam engineering change the cost. A written scope from a contractor who knows the block makes the difference.
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Here are the honest Fountainebleau line-item ranges. Use them to frame your budget before you make the call.
| Project | Fountainebleau Price Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Walk-In Shower Installation | $4,500 – $12,000 |
| Home Addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
What moves a Fountainebleau renovation within these ranges: whether you touch the tie beam, whether cast-iron drains need replacing, how many windows need impact glazing, and the cabinet and countertop brands you choose. Our estimates are free, written, and line-itemed. Call (254) 272-5876 and we will walk you through the exact numbers for your Fountainebleau home before you commit to anything.
Our crew took a whole-house renovation on a block home near the Fountainebleau Golf Course where the homeowner wanted the galley kitchen opened to the dining room. The wall read as interior partition until we opened the rough-in and found it carrying the tie beam and roof load, so we brought in a licensed structural engineer, pulled a Miami-Dade County building permit for the beam, and set KraftMaid cabinets and a Cambria island only after the inspection sign-off on the new header. Before that moment, the scope of work, the allowances, and the draw schedule had all been signed in writing, which is why the added beam cost was a documented change order instead of an argument.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fountainebleau
Sawyer Remodeling serves homeowners throughout Home Renovation in Fountainebleau and the surrounding Miami-Dade area, including Miami, Hialeah, Miami Gardens, and Homestead. Scheduling and dispatch run from our Miami (South FL) office, with crews serving Fountainebleau locally.
Serving Fountainebleau, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fountainebleau 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 Home Renovation in Fountainebleau
Yes. Most Fountainebleau kitchen and bath remodels that touch structure, plumbing, or electrical require a Miami-Dade County building permit, and Sawyer Remodeling pulls it for you. We handle the applications, the inspections, and the sign-offs. You should never pull your own permit on a structural renovation. If a contractor tells you no permit is needed for a load-bearing wall change, walk away.
A Fountainebleau whole-house renovation typically takes four to eight months, depending on the scope, the permit queue at Miami-Dade County, and material lead times. The permit review alone can run three to six weeks for structural changes. The time is not in the demo. It is in the inspection sign-offs on the tie beam and rough-in work. Call (254) 272-5876 for a realistic calendar on your specific home.
Cast-iron drain line replacement, aluminum branch wiring, tie beam reinforcement, and impact glazing requirements are the four big cost drivers in Fountainebleau renovations. The way to control them is to have a written scope, a written change-order process, and a contractor who knows which walls usually carry load. We write every allowance and every change order down before the work proceeds, so the number on the invoice matches the number you approved.
For a bathroom remodel, usually yes. For a kitchen remodel, it depends on how long the kitchen is down and whether you have a secondary cooking space. For a whole-house renovation on a block home, no, not realistically. We will tell you upfront what the job means for your daily life, room by room, before demo starts. If a contractor tells you living through a whole-house job will be easy, that is a red flag.
Before any Fountainebleau remodel starts, you should have a written scope of work, a line-item price, a written change-order process, a permit plan, and a draw schedule. At Sawyer Remodeling, every one of those items is a standing commitment under The Relay Visibility Guarantee. No verbal promises. No surprise invoices. Call (254) 272-5876 for a free written estimate and we will put the whole plan in your hands.
Get Your Fountainebleau Renovation Scoped Correctly
If you own a block home in Fountainebleau and you are planning a kitchen remodel, a bathroom update, or a whole-house renovation, the first step is the scoping. Not the demo. Call Sawyer Remodeling at (254) 272-5876 and we will send a background-checked, uniformed contractor to your home, walk the job with you, check the walls, check the drains, check the windows, and then give you a written price and a written scope. If it is not done right, the 365-Day Done Right Promise covers you for a full year after the project closes. That applies to every Fountainebleau job we take. No exceptions.
Written by Luca Romano, Owner at Sawyer Remodeling, serving Fountainebleau since 2005.
