Studio ADU interior showing kitchen, living and sleeping zones

In Virginia Gardens
you hand it over the counter —
and they tell you how long.

Licensed general contracting, construction and remodeling in the Village of Virginia Gardens — where applications are submitted in person, the Village publishes its own review times, and the checklist starts with where your septic tank and drain field are.

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A-00Architectural
SHEET A-00 / SOUTH FLORIDA REFERENCE SET · 12 FRAMES

Recent work

Added rooms, and the trades that finish them.

Accessory dwellings, kitchens, bathrooms and flooring built by Elbaz Construction across South Florida. Between them they cover the work Virginia Gardens permits most often, including the addition types its checklist sends for a separate approval. None of the properties shown is in Virginia Gardens. Select any frame to open it full size.

G-01General
SHEET G-01 / VILLAGE OF VIRGINIA GARDENS
01

The village, defined

A counter, a checklist, and a published timescale.

Virginia Gardens has not put its permitting behind a portal, and it does not bury that. Its own instruction to applicants is printed in asterisks: the application must be submitted in person. You can download the forms, but the package is handed over at Village Hall, where the plans are taken in and given a process number on the spot.

What the Village gives back for that inconvenience is the thing most municipalities will not put in writing — how long it is going to take. It publishes three to five business days for regular permits, approximately thirty working days for larger residential projects and approximately fifty for commercial ones, and says plainly that these are initial plans review only and that an applicant will be told if more time is needed. It also offers something a portal cannot: one-on-one help through the process, and an explicit invitation that no question is too big or too small.

The checklist that goes over the counter is where the Village stops being generic. Alongside the survey, the sealed drawings and the product approvals, it asks that the plans show the location of the septic tank, the drain field, the electric meter and the pole — existing and new. And it routes an added bedroom to a separate health approval, because in a village of single-family lots another bedroom is not just floor area. It is load on a system in the ground.

ADU interior with skylight and vaulted ceiling
REFAccessory dwelling interior with a skylight and vaulted ceiling, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.

We work across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, so a village that runs its permitting over a counter is a normal part of the job rather than an exception to it.

What is included

How applications are filed
In person, at Village Hall
Regular permits
Three to five business days
Larger residential
Approximately 30 working days
Commercial
Approximately 50 working days
Shown on the plans
Septic tank, drain field, meter and pole
Permit validity
An approved inspection every 180 days
A-01Architectural
SHEET A-01 / SCOPE OF WORKS · 12 ITEMS
02

Scope index

What we build here

Grouped by how the Village’s own published material treats each category. Whether a particular scope needs a permit, and which additional approvals it attracts, is the Building Department’s determination — this is the structure, not a determination.

Plank flooring running through a corridor toward a bright room
REFPlank flooring running through a corridor toward a bright room, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.
01 / A sewage question as well as a building one

Bedroom additions

The Village’s checklist routes adding a bedroom addition to a separate health approval, alongside the installation or repair of any on-site sewage disposal. On a lot served by a septic system another bedroom changes the assumed load, so this is the one addition type where the ground matters as much as the elevation.

A-02Architectural
SHEET A-02 / REFERENCE 01 · ACCESSORY SPACE, ROOM BY ROOM · 09 FRAMES
REFERENCE 01 · ACCESSORY SPACE, ROOM BY ROOM

What an added room looks like when it is finished

Nine frames, separate South Florida projects

Adding habitable space is the scope this Village scrutinises hardest, because it reaches the septic system as well as the elevation. These frames show what that work looks like once every approval is behind it.

These nine frames are separate South Florida projects by Elbaz Construction, not one project and not a Virginia Gardens property. Select any frame to open it full size.

A-03Architectural
SHEET A-03 / THE COUNTER CHECKLIST · VILLAGE OF VIRGINIA GARDENS
03

Specification

What has to be in the folder before a permit is issued

Taken from the Village’s own Building Permits Checklist and its Building Permits & Zoning page, read on 2026-08-16. The checklist opens by stating that all applicable items must be taken care of BEFORE a permit is issued.

The completed application, in person
Brought into Village Hall with the plans so the submission can be given a process number. Downloading the form is the easy part; filing it is a visit.
A survey not over one year old
The Village states it in capitals. North Bay Village asks for the same thing, so treat a current survey as a regional expectation rather than a local quirk.
Two sets of sealed plans
Signed and sealed by a Florida registered architect or engineer.
What the plans must show below ground
The location of the septic tank, the drain field, the electric meter and the pole — existing and new. This is the item that most often sends a drawing back to be redone.
Miami-Dade County product approval information
Supplied with the application for the assemblies that need it.
Licences and insurance
A copy of the contractor’s licences and proof of insurance including Workers’ Compensation.
The signed construction cost contract
A copy is attached to the application. Where the owner is the builder, the Village asks instead for all receipts for materials.
The separate approvals, where they apply
D.E.R.M. for new single-family homes and for new or altered commercial and apartment buildings; a separate health approval for a bedroom addition or anything affecting on-site sewage; the state regulator for food service, apartments, hotels and rooming houses; Planning & Zoning Board approval; the Village Engineer and inspectors; and Beautification approval on commercial work.
ADU living and sleeping area seen from the kitchen
REFAccessory dwelling living and sleeping area seen from the kitchen, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.
A-04Architectural
SHEET A-04 / MATERIAL AND DESIGN LANGUAGE
04

Design and material language

The decisions that decide your folder

Five choices that appear as required items on the Village’s own checklist rather than as matters of preference.

Completed kitchen remodel in a South Florida home
DETWhite shaker kitchen with a quartz island and pendant lighting, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.
Completed bathroom remodel in a South Florida home
DETTiled shower with a recessed lit niche and matt black fittings, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.
M-01

Where the addition sits on the lot

A below-ground decision first

Named on the Village’s checklist Because the plans must show the septic tank and drain field, existing and new, the position of an addition is constrained by things you cannot see from the garden.

Other options. Locate the tank and field before the plan is drawn. Moving a room on paper is free; moving a drain field is not.

M-02

Bedroom count

A separate approval

Named on the Village’s checklist Adding a bedroom is routed by the Village’s checklist to a separate health approval, in the same group as installing or repairing on-site sewage disposal.

Other options. Decide the room count early. Whether a study is drawn as a bedroom changes which approvals the folder needs.

M-03

Windows, doors and sliding glass

Named, and product-approved

Named on the Village’s checklist The Village names their replacement explicitly as permitted work, and asks for Miami-Dade County product approval information at application.

Other options. Fix the product and the opening size before the drawings are sealed. Two sets of sealed plans are a real cost to reissue.

M-04

Who is named on the permit

Contractor or owner/builder

Named on the Village’s checklist Permits are issued in the name of the person performing the work, and owner/builder permits are limited to one single family residence. Where the owner is the builder, material receipts replace the signed cost contract.

Other options. Settle this before filing. The Village is explicit that if no permit is obtained the owner is legally responsible.

M-05

How complete the folder is on the day

The whole checklist

Named on the Village’s checklist All applicable items must be taken care of before a permit is issued, and the application is handed over in person.

Other options. One complete visit beats three partial ones, and on a small counter it is also the difference between the published three-to-five days and an open-ended wait.

On what is shown. Nothing here is a determination. The Village decides what a scope requires and which outside approvals it attracts, and its published review times are projections for initial plans review only — so this page describes the decisions, not their outcomes.

G-02General
SHEET G-02 / PROCESS · 11 STAGES
05

Process

How we run a project here

Eleven steps. The order follows the Village’s own: the folder has to be complete before it is handed over, so everything that could delay it is pulled to the front.

01
Consultation

The scope, the address, and whether the property is served by an on-site sewage system.

02
Survey

We check the survey is signed, sealed and under a year old, because the Village requires that at submission.

03
Below-ground survey work

Locating the septic tank, drain field, electric meter and pole, so the drawings can show them existing and new.

04
Approvals check

We establish which outside approvals the scope triggers — county review, a health approval for a bedroom addition or sewage work, zoning board, or none.

05
Design

Drawn as one coordinated set for sealing, with the constraints from the ground already in it.

06
Trade applications

Building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing forms prepared together rather than in sequence.

07
Folder assembly

Two sets of sealed plans, product approvals, licences, insurance and the signed cost contract, checked against the Village’s own list.

08
Submission

Handed in at Village Hall in person, with the plans, for a process number.

09
Review

Against the Village’s published timescales, with the understanding that they cover initial plans review only.

10
Construction

Sequenced so nothing is covered up before its inspection, with inspections booked the day before.

11
Completion

Final inspections, certification, and the documents handed over in a form you can produce again when the property is sold.

P-01Permitting
SHEET P-01 / PERMITTING AND INSPECTION · VILLAGE OF VIRGINIA GARDENS
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Technical brief

What the Village publishes, and what it says exactly

Twelve references, each read off an official Village source on 2026-08-16 — the Building Permits & Zoning page and the Village’s own permit application checklist.

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PPlank flooring meeting large-format tile at a bathroom threshold, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.
Completed kitchen remodel in a South Florida home
PWhite shaker kitchen with a window over the sink and a stainless range, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.
R-01

In person, in the Village’s own emphasis

The Building Permits & Zoning page carries the line "APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PERSON" set off in asterisks. Forms may be downloaded, but the package is handed in at Village Hall during business hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

R-02

The published review times

"Regular permits can take between 3 to 5 business days. For larger projects, Residential permits may take approximately 30 working days and Commercial permits may take approximately 50 working days for processing. These time projections are for initial plans review only. Should the process require more time, the applicant will be advised."

R-03

An explicit offer of help

"The building department is responsible for the processing, plan review, issuance, and inspections for all permits within the village… No question is too big or too small. We are here to provide one-on-one help throughout the permitting process."

R-04

The checklist is a precondition

The Building Permits Checklist opens: "All applicable items must be taken care of BEFORE permit is issued." The first item is a completed application, brought into village hall with the plans for a process number.

R-05

The survey, in capitals

"Copy of Survey (MUST NOT BE OVER ONE YEAR OLD)". The page repeats it: "A survey no more than a year old will be required at time of application submission." North Bay Village requires the same, so treat it as a regional expectation.

R-06

What the plans must show

"(Plans must show the location of the septic tank, drain field, electric meter and pole location - existing and new)". Two sets of plans are required, signed and sealed by a Florida registered architect or engineer, with Miami-Dade County product approval information.

R-07

The contract, or the receipts

"Copy of signed construction cost contract must be attached - If owner/builder all receipts for materials must be attached."

R-08

The outside approvals, by trigger

D.E.R.M. approval for new single-family homes, new commercial and apartment buildings, and additions to commercial buildings changing square footage or use. A separate health approval — which the Village’s checklist calls "HRS Approval" — for "Adding a bedroom addition", "Installation or repair of any on-site sewage disposal" and "Any permit that may affect the septic tank or drain field". State regulator review, with three sets of plans and a $75.00 plan review fee, for food service operations, apartments, motels/hotels and rooming houses. Planning & Zoning Board approval, Village Engineer and inspector approval, and Beautification approval on commercial work.

R-09

Which work needs a permit

The Village quotes Florida Building Code section 104.1.1 in full and then adds its own list: "Permits are required for replacement of windows and sliding glass doors, doors, as well as screen enclosures, storage sheds and carports of canvas or metal. If not sure, call and ask."

R-10

Who may hold a permit

"Building permits are issued in the name of the person(s) performing the work. Only licensed contractors or owners/builders may obtain a permit. Owner/builder permits are limited to the new construction/Alteration and Repair of one single family residence."

R-11

The rolling 180 days

"A building permit is valid provided an approved inspection is obtained within 180 days of its issuance, and an approved inspection is obtained every 180 days until completion." Note that this repeats for the life of the job.

R-12

Inspections, and where responsibility sits

"Inspections are performed anytime, Monday through Friday… The hours to call for an inspection are from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call the day before the desired inspection to schedule it," and you need the permit number. "Simply stated, an inspection is required prior to covering up any part of the construction." On responsibility the Village is blunt: "If no permit is obtained, you (the owner) are legally responsible," and it closes "Please govern yourselves accordingly."

Disclaimer. Nothing on this sheet is a determination about a specific property. The Village decides what a scope requires, and its published review times are projections for initial plans review only.

S-01Structural
SHEET S-01 / COUNTER ROUTE · INDICATIVE
07

Assembly

The route a Virginia Gardens application takes, drawn.

An indicative diagram of the Village’s published structure, not a determination. Note where the two branches sit: the outside approvals have to be resolved before the folder is complete, and the folder has to be complete before a permit is issued.

Indicative diagram of the Virginia Gardens permit routeA scope of work is drawn, with the survey and the below-ground information the Village requires. Where the work is a bedroom addition, affects on-site sewage, or is new construction, separate county and health approvals are obtained first. The complete folder is then handed in at Village Hall in person and given a process number. Plans review follows on the Village published timescales, and the permit is issued only once every applicable item is complete. Inspections are then required before any part of the construction is covered up, and an approved inspection must be obtained every 180 days.Drawings, survey,below-ground detailOutside approvalswhere they applyTrade applicationsassembledHanded in atVillage Hall, in personReview, permit,inspections3-5 business days, or approximately30 or 50 working days on larger work

Key

01
Survey confirmed as under one year old
02
Septic tank, drain field, meter and pole located on the plans
03
Outside approvals obtained where the work triggers them
04
Trade applications assembled with the building application
05
Folder handed in at Village Hall and given a process number
06
Plans review on the Village’s published timescales
07
Inspections before anything is covered up
N-01

Complete before issued, not complete before review

The Village’s checklist states that all applicable items must be taken care of before the permit is issued. Outside approvals are therefore part of the critical path, not a formality to be chased afterwards.

N-02

The drawings go below ground

Plans must show the septic tank, drain field, electric meter and pole location, existing and new. A drawing set that stops at the slab is an incomplete set here.

N-03

A bedroom is a system question

The checklist sends adding a bedroom addition to a separate health approval, in the same group as installing or repairing on-site sewage disposal. Establish that before designing the addition, not after.

N-04

The agency name on the checklist is dated

The Village’s published checklist routes those approvals to "HRS". The form is dated 2019 and this page quotes it as published rather than correcting it — ask the Building Department which agency handles it now before you rely on the name.

N-05

The 180 days repeat

A permit is valid provided an approved inspection is obtained within 180 days of issuance AND every 180 days until completion. A long pause mid-project is a scheduling risk, not just an administrative one.

N-06

Call the day before

Inspections are performed Monday through Friday, requested by phone between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. with the permit number, and booked the day before. Nothing may be covered up before its inspection.

REFERENCE 02 · WHERE AN EXTRA ROOM ACTUALLY LANDS

Accessory space, and the questions underneath it

In this Village an added bedroom is routed to a separate approval because it affects on-site sewage. South Florida projects by Elbaz Construction; neither property is in Virginia Gardens.

01A studio accessory dwelling with a vaulted ceiling and a mini-split.
02The sleeping area of the same kind of accessory build.
Q-01Quality
SHEET Q-01 / PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY
08

Performance and quality

How we work

Eight commitments, each one a direct consequence of something this Village publishes.

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QBath and shower with a sliding glass screen and a black rail, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.
Wide-plank wood-look flooring in a finished living room
QWide-plank wood-look flooring in a finished living room, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.
We locate the tank before we draw the room
The plans have to show the septic tank and drain field existing and new. Finding them first is cheaper than redrawing an addition around them.
The folder is complete when it arrives
The Village states that every applicable item must be taken care of before a permit is issued, and the folder is handed over in person. One complete visit is the whole method.
We check the survey date, not just its existence
Not over one year old, in the Village’s own capitals.
Outside approvals are started first
County review and any health approval for a bedroom or sewage work sit on the critical path, because the permit will not issue without them.
We treat the published times as projections
Three to five business days, or approximately thirty or fifty working days, for initial plans review only. We programme to them and tell you when something is tracking longer.
Nothing gets covered up before its inspection
The Village puts it in one sentence, and it governs the sequence of every trade on site.
Inspections are booked the day before
By phone, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., with the permit number to hand.
One licensed contract
Design coordination, Village submittals, permitting and construction under CBC1265280, so no approval falls between two parties.
C-01Cost
SHEET C-01 / COST AND SCHEDULE VARIABLES · 12
09

Cost and timeline

What moves the number

We publish no Village permit fees — the Village’s own schedule was not opened, and the only figure quoted anywhere on this page is the $75.00 state plan review fee the Village prints on its checklist for certain commercial uses. These are the variables that actually move a price.

Completed kitchen remodel in a South Florida home
CWhite shaker cabinetry with a drawer bank and a stainless range beyond, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.
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CHerringbone flooring seen from a landing above a double-height room, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.
#VariableWhy it moves the number
01Whether the work touches the septic systemA bedroom addition, or anything affecting the tank or drain field, brings a separate approval onto the critical path before the permit can issue.
02Where the drain field isIt constrains where an addition, a pool, a shed or a driveway can physically go, and that is a design cost before it is a construction one.
03How current the survey isUnder one year at submission. Commissioning a fresh survey is a real line item with its own lead time.
04How many trades are involvedBuilding, electrical, mechanical and plumbing are separate applications assembled into the same folder.
05Project size against the published timesThree to five business days for a regular permit against approximately thirty working days for a larger residential one is a programme difference, not a fee difference.
06Whether outside approvals applyCounty, health or state review each run on their own timetable, and the Village will not issue until they are resolved.
07Contractor or owner/builderThe owner/builder route is limited to one single family residence and swaps the signed cost contract for a complete set of material receipts.
08Product approvalsRated assemblies for openings carry their own documentation and lead times in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone.
09Structural interventionRemoving or altering structure brings engineering, and the plans are sealed by an architect or engineer in any case.
10Existing conditionsWhat is behind the finishes on an older building is the largest genuine unknown on most renovation projects anywhere.
11Specification levelFinishes, joinery and fittings move a renovation budget more than square footage does, once the shell is settled.
12Whether the job ever pausesAn approved inspection is needed every 180 days until completion, so a long gap has an administrative cost as well as a scheduling one.
I-01Information
SHEET I-01 / QUESTION INDEX · 13
10

Question index

Questions we are asked here

Answered from the Village’s own published material, including its permit application checklist.

01 / Filing

Can I apply online?

No. The Village’s own page carries the line "APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PERSON", set off in asterisks. You can download the forms — Building, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing and the rest — but the completed package is brought into Village Hall during business hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with the plans, so the submission can be given a process number.

A-06Architectural
SHEET A-06 / CONSTRUCTION STUDY
Construction study

What to establish first

ADU sleeping area with window and bedside table
STUDYAccessory dwelling sleeping area with a window and bedside table, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.

Four questions worth answering before a drawing is commissioned. All four are answered by the Village or by an outside agency, not by a contractor.

Observations

01
Where the septic tank and drain field are
The plans must show them, existing and new, and their position constrains where anything can be built. This is the first site visit, not the last.
02
Whether the scope adds a bedroom
If it does, the Village’s checklist routes it to a separate health approval before the permit can be issued.
03
How old the survey is
It must not be over one year old at submission. If it is, commissioning a new one is a lead time to build into the programme.
04
Which outside approvals apply
County review for new single-family construction, health approval for sewage-related work, zoning board approval where required. Each has its own timetable and all of them sit ahead of the permit.
G-03General
SHEET G-03 / DELIVERY AND CREDENTIALS
11

Credentials and delivery

Why Elbaz Construction

Six things that are verifiable rather than asserted.

Studio ADU interior showing kitchen, living and sleeping zones
REFStudio accessory dwelling showing the kitchen, living and sleeping zones, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.
01

Licensed general contractor

CBC1265280 — certified building contractor, bonded and insured. Verifiable in the Florida DBPR licence register.

02

We file complete, in person

The Village’s process rewards a folder that satisfies its checklist on the first visit, and that is how we prepare one.

03

We read the Village’s own material

Every regulatory statement on this page was taken from an official Village page or its own permit application checklist, and is attributed to it.

04

We say what we do not know

No Village fee schedule, no statement about which agency now handles the septic approval, and nothing about the Reoccupancy Application, because we did not establish them from a primary source.

05

Honest photography

Every image here is a real Elbaz Construction project in South Florida, captioned for what it actually shows. None is claimed as a Virginia Gardens property.

06

Across three counties

Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach — so a small village’s counter process is a normal part of the work rather than an exception to it.

I-02Information
SHEET I-02 / CLIENT RECORD
12

Google reviews

In their words, unedited.

Reproduced verbatim from the connected Google Business Profile, including original spelling. No review schema is emitted from this page.

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G-04General
SHEET G-04 / ENQUIRY
13

Start here

Start a Virginia Gardens project

Tell us the scope and the address. We will establish what the Village’s checklist needs, which outside approvals the work triggers, and what has to be located on site before anything is drawn.

ADU interior with skylight and vaulted ceiling
REFAccessory dwelling interior with a skylight and vaulted ceiling, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.

What happens next

01
We call or email within one business day, Sunday to Friday.
02
A site and approvals check: where the septic tank and drain field are, how old the survey is, and which outside approvals the scope triggers before a permit can issue.
03
A site visit, then a written scope and a proposal against it — with the review path stated in it, not assumed.
Useful to have
Your survey and its date, any previous Village permits for the property, and anything you know about where the septic system runs.
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 and we will come back to you, usually the same or next working day. If it is urgent, call (754) 236-0675.

G-05General
SHEET G-05 / END OF SET

Get the folder right.
Then the counter is quick.

Design coordination, Village submittals, permitting and construction under one licensed general contractor — in the Village of Virginia Gardens and across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Completed kitchen remodel in a South Florida home
ENDWhite shaker kitchen with a quartz island and pendant lighting, South Florida project by Elbaz Construction.