SouthgatePermits · Dade & Broward
E-01Pricing

Flat, quoted, and never hourly

We do not publish a rate card, because a number on a page cannot know what your file actually needs. What we do commit to is the shape of the deal: one flat number, in writing, before anything is filed.

01The four commitments

Flat, not hourly

You get one number for our work before we file, and it does not move because a review took three cycles instead of one. Hourly billing pays the expediter more when the file drags. We would rather not have that incentive sitting between us.

Quoted before you pay

The scope check, the jurisdiction confirmation, and the quote itself are all free. You see the number, then you decide. Nothing is filed until you have approved it.

Jurisdiction fees at cost

Permit fees go to the city or county, not to us, and we do not mark them up by a dollar. You get the receipt showing exactly what went where.

Revisions included

Comments and resubmittals on a file we filed are part of the flat fee, not a change order. If your own project scope changes, we re-quote before proceeding rather than surprising you at the end.

02What drives the number

Why we quote per job

Two jobs that sound identical on the phone routinely differ by a factor of five in actual work. These are the variables that move it.

How many reviews it touches

A single-trade permit routes through one desk. A restaurant build-out touches building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fire, zoning, health, and often DERM. Same city, very different job.

Whether the record is clean

Filing a new permit on a clean property is straightforward. Filing against a folio with four open records from three prior owners is a different piece of work entirely.

How complete your package is

A contractor who sends a correct, current, complete package costs us far less time than a homeowner starting from a sentence. We price that difference rather than averaging it into everyone's rate.

Whether there is a deadline

Deadline work gets moved to the front of our queue, and that has a real cost in what it displaces.

Volume

Contractors filing regularly get materially better per-permit pricing than one-off jobs, because the research, licensing, and intake are already done.

03What we quote on

Every service, quoted the same way

Send us any of these and you get a flat number back, usually the same business day.

SheetServiceWho it's for
A-01Open & Expired Permit CloseoutSellers, buyers, realtors, title companies, estate attorneys
A-02Building Recertification & Milestone InspectionsCondo and co-op associations, property managers, commercial building owners
A-03Residential Building PermitsHomeowners, general contractors, remodelers, trade contractors
A-04Commercial Tenant Build-OutTenants, landlords, general contractors, architects, restaurant groups
A-05Roofing PermitsRoofing contractors, property owners, insurance restoration companies
A-06Impact Window & Door PermitsWindow and door contractors, homeowners, condo unit owners
A-07After-the-Fact PermitsHomeowners, sellers under contract, buyers who inherited a problem, landlords
A-08Certificate of Use & Business Tax ReceiptNew business owners, restaurants, retail, offices, home-based businesses
A-09Code Violations & Unsafe StructuresProperty owners, landlords, condo associations, buyers inheriting a case
A-10Solar & EV Charger PermitsSolar installers, electrical contractors, homeowners
A-11Pools, Fences, Sheds & DrivewaysHomeowners, pool contractors, fence contractors, landscapers
A-12Permit History & Property ResearchBuyers, realtors, title companies, investors, attorneys, lenders
04The fine print, up front

Not included

We would rather you read this now than be surprised by it later.

Jurisdiction permit fees

Paid to the city or county, not to us. They scale with declared job valuation and vary by jurisdiction. Our free estimator gives you a working range.

Engineering and architecture

Sealed drawings, structural letters, and recertification reports must come from a licensed Florida engineer or architect. We coordinate them; we do not produce them and we do not mark them up.

Surveys

Required for anything with a setback question. Usually a few hundred dollars from a licensed surveyor.

Notary and recording

Notice of Commencement recording and notary costs are small but real.

After-the-fact penalties

Legalizing unpermitted work typically carries a penalty multiplier on the jurisdiction's permit fee. That is set by them, and it can be substantial.

Construction

We are not contractors and we do not perform or subcontract the actual work.

05Money questions

Straight answers

Why don't you publish rates?

Because a published rate is either high enough to cover the worst case, which overcharges the simple jobs, or low enough for the simple jobs, which turns into a change order later. We would rather look at your actual file and give you one honest number. It costs you nothing to find out.

When do I pay?

After you've seen a written quote and approved it, and before we file. On larger recertification and violation work we split it, with a portion at the start and the balance at completion.

What if the permit gets denied?

We keep working it. Comments and corrections on a file we filed are part of the flat fee. What we don't cover is a scope change on your end, or a jurisdiction fee we don't control.

What if you can't fix it?

On assessment work like after-the-fact and violations, sometimes the honest answer is that the work has to come out. Assessment is priced separately and modestly for exactly this reason. You don't pay for legalization work we can't deliver.

Do you take a cut of the permit fee?

No. The jurisdiction fee is paid to them. We don't mark it up, and we show you the receipt.

Do contractors get better pricing?

Yes, meaningfully. If you're filing regularly in Miami-Dade or Broward, tell us your monthly volume and we'll quote an account rate. No contract lock-in, and if your volume drops the rate adjusts back rather than trapping you.

Want the actual number for your job?

Free scope check, flat quote in writing, no obligation.