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A four-day inspection week
and a two o’clock
deadline every day.

Margate publishes its inspection week and it is shorter than you think. Inspectors work Monday to Thursday; Friday is by appointment. Book before two and you are seen the next business day — after two and you are seen the day after that. And if you need to cancel, the window to call is half an hour long.

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Tell us the house and the rooms

Send us the address and what you want changed. We will come back with what Margate wants filed for that scope — which for an interior remodel is less than you would expect, and for anything concealed is more discipline than you would expect.

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  • Nothing concealed before it has been inspected
  • One point of contact from first call to closeout

The address and the year the house was built

Margate is largely a 1960s and 1970s city, and what is behind the walls differs by decade.

Whether the work is interior only

The City drops several submittal items for interior-only remodels — and keeps one that surprises people.

When you want it finished

The inspection week here is four days long, and that changes a programme more than most people allow for.

Preferred contact method

We use your details only to respond to this enquiry. No lists, no resale.

Thanks — that came through.

Your details are with the Elbaz Construction team. We will call you back to arrange a look at the house and to talk through what the work would involve. If it is urgent, call (754) 236-0675.

Completed bathroom, shown as a moving sequence of project photographs

The reality

The most expensive sentence Margate publishes is about concealment.

Most of what a city publishes about inspections is administrative. One Margate sentence is not. The City states that required inspections have to be made in order and prior to concealment, and that any concealed work that required an inspection will have to be totally removed. Not opened up for a look. Removed. That single line is why a four-day inspection week matters: on a job that closes walls on a Thursday afternoon, missing a two o’clock booking is not a day lost, it is a week.

  • 01

    Two o’clock decides which day you are seen

    Requests before 2:00 pm are conducted the next business day; after 2:00 pm, the second business day.

  • 02

    The inspection week is four days

    Inspectors work Monday to Thursday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, with Friday inspections available by appointment.

  • 03

    Cancelling has a thirty-minute window

    The City asks that cancellations be made between 7:30 am and 8:00 am.

  • 04

    Nothing gets covered before it is passed

    Concealed work that required an inspection has to be totally removed.

  • 05

    Interior remodels file lighter

    No survey, structural calculations, special inspector forms or energy calculations — but the asbestos form still applies.

See a completed project

Granite worktop detail showing the veining, with the hob and cabinetry beyond
Granite worktop veining running across a finished island.

Elbaz project photograph

Project 01

A kitchen opened up, one room at a time

Completed by Elbaz Construction in South Florida

Photographed on one completed Elbaz Construction project. It is not in Margate — we show what we build and we say where it is. Every frame below is the same room.

Grey shaker run with a stainless range and an island extract hood, with the island and a timber stool beyond
The run and the range. Grey shaker cabinetry with a stainless range under an island hood.
Granite-topped island with timber stools, a glass mosaic splashback and pendant lighting above
The island. Granite top, timber stools and a glass mosaic splashback behind.
The length of the kitchen from the dining end, with the island hood centred over the hob island
The full length. From the dining end, with the hood centred over the hob.
Speckled granite island worktop with the gas hob set into it, and the glass mosaic splashback along the run behind
Hob in stone. The gas hob set into the granite, mosaic running behind.
Island seating with stools at the hob island, under the stainless hood
Seating. Stools pulled up to the hob island under the stainless hood.
Dining table and chairs in front of the open-plan kitchen
Into the dining room. The table and chairs in front of the open-plan kitchen.
The galley run seen low along the marble-look floor tile, with wall ovens and the range
Low along the floor. The galley run seen across marble-look floor tile.
The opposite run with tall cabinetry, integrated appliances and the range
The opposite run. Tall cabinetry with integrated appliances and the range.
The end of the island with stools, and the grey shaker run behind
The island end. Stools and the grey shaker run behind them.
Granite worktop detail showing the veining, with the hob and cabinetry beyond
Stone detail. Granite veining across the worktop, cabinetry beyond.
Detail of the same frame: Grey shaker run with a stainless range and an island extract hood, with the island and a timber stool beyond
Detail of the same frame: Granite-topped island with timber stools, a glass mosaic splashback and pendant lighting above
Detail of the same frame: The length of the kitchen from the dining end, with the island hood centred over the hob island
Detail of the same frame: Speckled granite island worktop with the gas hob set into it, and the glass mosaic splashback along the run behind
Detail of the same frame: Island seating with stools at the hob island, under the stainless hood
Detail of the same frame: Dining table and chairs in front of the open-plan kitchen
Detail of the same frame: The galley run seen low along the marble-look floor tile, with wall ovens and the range
Detail of the same frame: The opposite run with tall cabinetry, integrated appliances and the range
Detail of the same frame: The end of the island with stools, and the grey shaker run behind
Detail of the same frame: Granite worktop detail showing the veining, with the hob and cabinetry beyond
Detail

One room, one contract

Design, cabinetry, stone, services and finishes under a single point of responsibility.

The island carries the hob

Which means the extract, the gas and the power all arrive in the middle of the floor, and that is a first-fix decision.

Granite, not a lookalike

A natural stone with real movement, cut so the island reads as one piece.

Kept open to the dining room

The wall that came out is the reason the room works, and it is the part that needed inspecting.

How it runs

Ten stages, built around a four-day inspection week

How Elbaz Construction runs a remodel on a Margate house, from the first look at the property to a closed-out permit.

Finished detail, shown as a moving sequence of project photographs

  1. Look at the house and what is behind the walls

    On a 1960s or 1970s house the surprise is usually in the services, not the structure.

  2. Decide whether the scope is interior only

    It changes the submittal list materially, so it is settled before anything is drawn.

  3. Fill the application the way the City asks

    In black ink, with values, square footage and quantities, signed by both the owner and the contractor.

  4. Use the current County form

    Margate states that from 9 March 2026 only the revised Broward County Uniform Application dated 8 January 2026 is accepted.

  5. Attach the licence and insurance

    A copy of the contractor’s licence and insurance goes in, along with proof of ownership and the cost documents.

  6. Keep the asbestos form even on an interior job

    The City drops the survey, the structural calculations, the special inspector forms and the energy calculations for interior-only work — and still asks for the asbestos form.

  7. Answer plan review inside sixty days

    The City states that where the additional information has not been submitted or the permit not purchased within sixty calendar days of notification, the application or permit becomes null and void.

  8. Sequence the work to the four-day week

    Inspectors work Monday to Thursday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; Friday inspections are available by appointment. We plan closures around that, not into it.

  9. Book before two, and never conceal early

    Requests before 2:00 pm are seen the next business day. Nothing is covered until the inspection that covers it has passed.

  10. Close the permit out

    Every permit requires a final inspection when the work is complete, and the documentation is handed over.

Nothing above is a Margate requirement unless it says the City states it. Times and forms change, so confirm the current cut-off with the Building Department before you plan a closure around it.

A fish-scale mosaic laid to a linear drain is the clearest example of why the concealment rule exists. The pattern only lies flat if the fall underneath it is right, and the fall is built in the bedding weeks before anyone sees a tile. Waterproofing, drain position and bedding all get inspected in order, and none of them is visible in the finished room.

Project 02

A bathroom where the floor is the drawing

Completed by Elbaz Construction in South Florida

One completed bathroom, photographed on an Elbaz Construction project in South Florida. Not photographed in Margate. It is here because everything that made it work is behind a surface that was inspected before it was covered.

Elbaz project photograph

Specification

What we specify in an inland Broward house, and why

Read each one three ways: what it is, why it suits a Margate house, and what drives its cost. Nothing here is a City requirement unless the City says so.

Speckled granite island worktop with the gas hob set into it, and the glass mosaic splashback along the run behind

Natural granite worktops

A quarried stone with real movement, cut so an island reads as a single piece rather than a set of offcuts.

Elbaz project photograph

Grey shaker run with a stainless range and an island extract hood, with the island and a timber stool beyond

Island extract

A hood suspended over an island, ducted through the ceiling void to an external termination.

Elbaz project photograph

Granite-topped island with timber stools, a glass mosaic splashback and pendant lighting above

Glass mosaic splashbacks

Sheeted small-format glass set out to the cabinetry rather than to the wall.

Elbaz project photograph

Linear drain set into the fish-scale mosaic floor at the shower threshold

Linear drains

A channel drain set at a threshold or against a wall, with the fall built in the bedding.

Elbaz project photograph

Recessed shower niche framed in black and lined with fish-scale mosaic

Formed and lined niches

A recess built into the wall build-up, waterproofed as part of it and lined in a smaller format.

Elbaz project photograph

Illuminated mirror above a timber vanity with a black basin tap

Backlit mirrors

An integrated-light mirror fed from a concealed driver at first fix.

Elbaz project photograph

Living with it

Seal natural stone on a schedule

Granite is not maintenance-free. Set the interval the year the job finishes.

Silicone is a consumable

Wet-area joints are maintenance, not permanent. Plan to renew them.

Keep the closed-out permit

A closed permit and its documentation are what prove the work was done properly when the house is next sold.

Photograph what gets covered

The City’s rule about concealment is a good habit as well as a requirement. A photograph of a first fix is worth more than a memory.

Margate

What the City publishes, in order

Every item below is stated by the City of Margate on its own Plan Review and Inspection Process and Permit Requirements pages, read on 21 August 2026.

The length of the kitchen from the dining end, with the island hood centred over the hob island

01

The form has a date, and only one is accepted

The City states that as of 9 March 2026 only the revised Broward County Uniform Application dated 8 January 2026 will be accepted. An older version of the correct form is still the wrong form.

Elbaz project photograph

Dining table and chairs in front of the open-plan kitchen

02

The application is filled in black ink

Margate asks for the application in black ink with values, square footage and quantities included, signed by both the owner and the contractor, with a copy of the contractor’s licence and insurance, proof of ownership and cost documents.

Elbaz project photograph

The opposite run with tall cabinetry, integrated appliances and the range

03

An interior remodel files lighter — with one exception

For interior-only remodels the City does not require surveys, structural calculations, special inspection forms or energy calculations. It does require an asbestos form for interior, renovation and addition work.

Elbaz project photograph

Glazed shower enclosure on a black sliding track, with a rain head and hand shower

04

Two o’clock decides your inspection day

Inspection requests called in prior to 2:00 pm are conducted the next business day; requests after 2:00 pm are conducted the second business day. Inspector hours are Monday to Thursday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Friday inspections are available by appointment.

Elbaz project photograph

The shower enclosure from the doorway, black hardware against marble-look porcelain

05

And half past seven to eight decides your cancellation

To cancel a scheduled inspection the City asks that the Building Department be contacted between 7:30 am and 8:00 am. It also states that inspections cannot be scheduled until any re-inspection fees are paid.

Elbaz project photograph

Walk-in shower with a black rain head and hand shower against marble-look porcelain wall tile

06

Concealed work comes back out

The City states that required inspections have to be made in order and prior to concealment, and that any concealed work that required an inspection will have to be totally removed. Separately, an application or permit becomes null and void where the additional information has not been submitted or the permit not purchased within sixty calendar days of notification.

Elbaz project photograph

Where the time actually goes

A schematic of a remodel on a Margate house

How a Margate job is sequenced around the inspection week Five stacked bands. Scope and the interior-only decision feed the application, which feeds plan review, which feeds first fix and its inspections, which feed closing up and final inspection. The four-day inspection week runs alongside every band. SCOPE AND THE INTERIOR-ONLY TEST It decides the submittal list before anything is drawn APPLICATION, IN BLACK INK Current County form, both signatures, licence, insurance and costs PLAN REVIEW Sixty calendar days from notification before the file goes null and void FIRST FIX AND ITS INSPECTIONS In order, and nothing is covered until the one covering it has passed CLOSING UP AND FINAL INSPECTION Every permit requires a final inspection when the work is complete THE FOUR-DAY WEEK Runs alongside every band. Monday to Thursday, Friday by appointment. Book before two, cancel between 7:30 and 8.

Illustrative only. Review durations are deliberately absent: the City publishes deadlines and cut-offs rather than turnaround times, and we will not invent one.

Answers

Margate questions

Two o’clock. The City states that requests called in prior to 2:00 pm are conducted the next business day, and requests after 2:00 pm are conducted the second business day.

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Next step

Send us the house and the scope

Tell us where the house is and what you want changed. We will come back with what the City wants filed for that scope and how the four-day inspection week shapes the programme.

We read it and come back

To arrange a look at the house and at what is behind the walls.

We sequence to the City’s week

So no closure is planned into a day an inspector is not working.

You get a drawn scope

And a written specification to price against.

Or call (754) 236-0675

(754) 236-0675
  • Florida-licensed general contractor, licence No. CBC1265280
  • Nothing concealed before the inspection that covers it has passed
  • Permits closed out, with the documentation handed over

Finished detail, shown as a moving sequence of project photographs

Elbaz project photograph

Preferred contact method

We use your details only to respond to this enquiry. No lists, no resale.

Thanks — that came through.

Your details are with the Elbaz Construction team. We will call you back to arrange a look at the house and to talk through what the work would involve. If it is urgent, call (754) 236-0675.