Residential plans
Residential Building Plans for Florida Permits
Complete permit sets for new homes, additions, alterations, remodels and repairs — drawn to the jurisdiction that will actually review them.
- New construction, additions and alterations
- Garage, lanai and porch conversions
- Structural repair and reroof framing sets
- Energy compliance included in the package
What a residential permit set includes
The sheet count depends on scope, but a residential set filed in Florida generally carries a site plan, floor plans, elevations, building sections, wall and roof framing, foundation, electrical, mechanical and plumbing layouts, window and door schedules with the product approvals attached, and energy compliance documentation.
Which of those a given jurisdiction insists on varies more than most people expect. We draw for the department that will review it.
Projects we draw most
- Additions — bedroom and master suite additions, second storeys, rear expansions, and the structural work that ties new framing into existing.
- Garage and lanai conversions — frequently the same project as an as-built and an after-the-fact permit, because the conversion already happened.
- Interior remodels and reconfigurations — kitchen and bath relocations, wall removals, anything that moves plumbing or touches a load path.
- New single-family homes — full architectural, structural and MEP sets.
- Structural repairs — foundation repair, truss and rafter repair, header replacement, post and beam corrections, sinkhole remediation documentation.
- Reroof and roof framing — where the jurisdiction requires drawings and secondary water barrier or deck attachment detail.
- Accessory structures — detached garages, workshops, sheds over the exempt threshold, pergolas and carports.
Load path, wind and product approval
Florida residential work lives or dies on three things a reviewer will always check: a continuous load path from roof to foundation, wind pressures matched to the site’s exposure and design wind speed, and openings backed by valid product approvals or Miami-Dade NOAs.
Those get resolved in the drawing. Openings are scheduled against the approval numbers so the reviewer is not left to reconcile a schedule against a stack of PDFs, and the structural is drawn against the wind pressures rather than assumed to pass.
If your project is in a flood zone, the FEMA 50 percent rule can quietly reshape the whole job — it decides whether you are doing a remodel or a substantial improvement that must bring the whole structure up to current standards. We flag it before you have paid for a set drawn on the wrong assumption. How the 50 percent rule works →
If the work is already built
A large share of the residential sets we produce are for work that exists. Someone enclosed a lanai, converted a garage, or a previous owner built something with no permit and it surfaced at closing. That path starts with field measurement and as-built drawings, adds engineering certification where the structure needs it, and is filed as an after-the-fact permit.
It is a normal, solvable situation. It is not a reason to be embarrassed on the phone.
Questions about this service
Do I need plans for a small residential project?
It depends on the jurisdiction and the scope. Some cosmetic work is exempt; anything structural, anything that moves plumbing or electrical, and almost anything that changes the building envelope is not. Call with the address and the scope and we will tell you straight — including when you do not need a set.
Can you draw from my contractor’s sketch?
Yes, that is routine. A sketch, photos and dimensions are usually enough to start. Where the building has no record drawings we field measure it.
Do you handle the energy calculations?
Yes. Energy compliance documentation is prepared as part of the package rather than left for you to source separately, and it is bound into the set the way the reviewing jurisdiction wants it.
My project already got rejected. Can you take it over?
Yes. Send us the correction letter and the existing set. We will tell you whether it is a revision to the current filing or a set that needs redrawing, and we will not pretend the second is the first. See Urgent Permit Rescue.
Get a free quote for residential plans
Tell us the address and what you are building. We will tell you exactly which drawings the reviewing jurisdiction will expect.
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