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Home additions and ADU construction in Broadview Park typically run $45,000 to $130,000 for a room addition, and $90,000 to $220,000 for a detached ADU. What makes this neighborhood different from Plantation or Davie is the permit path: Broadview Park is unincorporated Broward County, so every plan goes through the Broward County Building Department, not a city hall. That review process moves differently, and it will catch things on a 1960s CBS house that most homeowners never saw coming. If you’re planning a second story, a garage conversion, or a backyard ADU, call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318. We know exactly what Broward County inspectors will flag before you’ve spent a dollar on drawings.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Broadview Park’s Preferred Home Additions & ADU Company
We’ve been on Broadview Park job sites long enough to know that a permit here is a different animal than a permit one ZIP code east. The Broward County Building Department runs its own timelines, its own inspector rotations, and its own interpretation of the Florida Building Code. A contractor who only works Plantation or Lauderdale Lakes gets surprised here. We don’t.
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and he still answers the phone. His sons run crews. When we send someone to Broadview Park, that person carries the Barrett & Sons name, is background-checked, and shows up in uniform. Broadview Park customers don’t get a subcontracted stranger with a magnetic door sign from some out-of-county outfit.
We publish our name, our address, and our license number. You can look us up before you sign anything. Our standing offers apply in Broadview Park the same as everywhere else: free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, $40 off any repair over $200, and a permanent 10% senior and veteran discount.
Our Home Additions & ADU Services in Broadview Park
ADU Design & Permitting
If you’re planning an ADU in Broadview Park, the design phase is where the project either gets clean or gets expensive. Broward County will not sign off on a detached unit until the entire existing structure meets current wind-mitigation code. That means every jalousie window on the original house goes into the permit scope. We handle all of it: drawings, wind-load calculations, Broward County permit submittal, and the dewatering plan your site will need because of the shallow water table under Broadview Park. We’ve done this enough times to know which details the plan reviewer circles first, and we address them before submittal.
Garage Conversion ADU
Converting an attached garage in Broadview Park is usually the least expensive way into an ADU: $30,000 to $80,000 gets you a code-compliant unit if the existing slab and framing pass inspection. The wildcard is the electrical panel. We still find Federal Pacific Stab-Lok panels in mid-century Broadview Park homes, and Broward County will require an upgrade before they’ll sign the conversion. We catch that in week one, not after drywall is up.
New Detached ADU
A new detached ADU in Broadview Park runs $90,000 to $220,000 depending on square footage, foundation work, and finish level. Plan for dewatering. We hit groundwater at 18 to 24 inches on nearly every excavation in this neighborhood, because Broadview Park sits on the shallow water table of the Broward coastal flatlands. We schedule the pumps, the well points, and the inspector walk-through in sequence so the footing pour doesn’t sit open through an afternoon June storm. This is not a lesson you want to learn mid-project.
Junior ADU & Interior Conversion
A junior ADU inside the existing home footprint, like a master-suite conversion or a garage-to-bedroom rework, generally costs less and avoids the setbacks and drainage reviews that a detached unit triggers. But in Broadview Park, even an interior conversion pulls the whole house into wind-mitigation review. You’re not putting a new bedroom onto old jalousie windows without a change order. We’ll tell you that on the first walkthrough, before anyone has touched a hammer.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Broadview Park
We install materials you can look up. For hardscape and foundation work on Broadview Park additions, we use Belgard and Techo-Bloc pavers, and Quikrete products for slab and footing pours. For windows and openings, we specify Andersen or Marvin impact-rated units, because Broadview Park’s pre-Andrew housing stock will fail Broward County review on anything less. We stock the fasteners, ties, and post bases these jobs need, so we’re not waiting on a supplier while your permit clock runs.
Common Home Additions & ADU Problems We See in Broadview Park Homes
- Jalousie windows that can’t be made impact-rated. These louvered panels from the 1960s are everywhere in Broadview Park, and any addition or ADU permit brings a Broward County requirement to replace every opening with an approved impact unit. We build that cost into your written estimate up front, not as a surprise later.
- Groundwater in the footing excavation. Broadview Park’s position near the South New River Canal system and its shallow water table means footings for additions and ADUs routinely hit water within two feet of grade. Without dewatering, the inspection fails and your schedule slips.
- Corroded anchors and galvanized hardware on 50-year-old CBS walls. Original tie-downs from the 1950s and 1960s don’t meet current Broward wind-load requirements. A room addition tied to that wall fails review until we retrofit with stainless or hot-dip galvanized hardware.
- Undersized or obsolete electrical panels. Federal Pacific Stab-Lok panels still appear in Broadview Park ranch homes. Adding a bedroom, a second story, or an ADU usually triggers a required panel replacement, which is a permit-visible item, not a side note.
Pricing for Home Additions & ADU in Broadview Park, FL
Market-rate pricing in Broadview Park is not what you’d see in a newer Plantation subdivision, because the housing stock here is older and the county review is stricter. A straightforward room addition runs $45,000 to $130,000. A detached ADU is $90,000 to $220,000. Impact window replacement, which most Broadview Park additions force into the scope, runs $8,000 to $25,000 depending on opening count. The coastal-spec version of any job here, meaning stainless hardware, impact openings, dewatered foundations, and sealed paver joints, costs more on day one and far less over ten years than the inland-spec bid. We write every allowance and every change order down before work moves. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate with real numbers attached.
| Scope | Broadview Park Price Range |
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| Home Addition | $45,000 - $130,000 |
| ADU Construction | $90,000 - $220,000 |
| Impact Window Installation | $8,000 - $25,000 |
What the Salt Air and Wind Codes Decide in Broadview Park
Broadview Park sits just inland of the coastal ridge, close enough to the Atlantic that salt-laden air works on exposed metal year-round. On a 1962 CBS ranch off SW 40th Avenue, our crew framed a detached ADU over dewatered footings after hitting groundwater at 19 inches, then had to swap the main house’s original jalousie windows for impact units before Broward County would sign off the addition. We used stainless steel hurricane ties and hot-dip galvanized post bases, sealed every paver joint, and the final punch list included a change order for replacing cast-iron waste lines we exposed during the rough-in. That’s a normal Broadview Park week.
The same logic applies to the plan reviewers. They’re not going to let a new bedroom hang on 60-year-old galvanized anchors. They’ll check that Federal Pacific panel before they sign any electrical rough-in. They’ll ask about your drainage plan, because they know the water table under this neighborhood sits within a couple feet of grade in wet season. Hire a contractor who already knows all of that, and the permit stays on schedule.
We Also Serve Cities Near Broadview Park
Our crews work Broadview Park every week, and we also cover Plantation, Fort Lauderdale, Lauderhill, and Lauderdale Lakes for home additions and ADU work. If you’re just outside the 33317 ZIP, call and ask. Scheduling and dispatch run out of our Miami-based South Florida office, but the teams on your street are local to Broadview Park. For more on our broader service area, see Home Additions & ADU or our Broadview Park page.
Serving Broadview Park, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Broadview Park 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 - Home Additions & ADU in Broadview Park
Yes, a garage conversion ADU in Broadview Park requires a Broward County permit, and that permit will trigger a whole-house wind-mitigation review. The most common triggered upgrades are impact window replacement for every jalousie or non-rated opening, electrical panel replacement if a Federal Pacific Stab-Lok panel is present, and roof-to-wall strapping if the original 1960s anchors don’t meet current code. We itemize every triggered upgrade in your written estimate before permit submittal. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact scope review.
In Broadview Park, we routinely hit groundwater at 18 to 24 inches below grade when excavating for ADU footings or room-addition slabs. When that happens, we bring in dewatering equipment, typically well points and sump pumps, to keep the excavation dry through the footing pour and the county inspection. The dewatering plan is part of the written change order and gets priced before we start digging, not after. Call (877) 610-1318 to walk your lot and get a dewatering-specific number.
A coastal-spec ADU in Broadview Park generally runs 10 to 18 percent higher on day one than an inland-spec version: stainless hurricane ties, hot-dip galvanized post bases, impact-rated windows, sealed paver joints, and a dewatered foundation all add line items. The inland-spec bid saves that up front and spends it back within a decade on corroded hardware, failed window seals, and a second permit when Broward County inspects the next project. We write both specs and let you choose, with the real numbers side by side.
Because Broward County will not issue a final inspection on an addition or ADU while any existing opening that can’t be made impact-rated remains in the structure. Jalousie windows, common on Broadview Park’s 1960s CBS ranch homes, cannot be retrofitted to meet current wind-mitigation code, so every jalousie opening must be swapped for an approved impact unit. That requirement is permit-visible and non-negotiable. We line-item the replacement count and model in your estimate before you sign. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free opening-by-opening walkthrough.
Yes, you can phase a Broadview Park ADU project, but the county permit path is cleaner if we submit the wind-mitigation retrofit as the first phase and the ADU as the second. The inspection sequence flows better, the dewatering schedule doesn’t overlap with window work, and you avoid a final-inspection hold on the ADU while the main house’s openings get replaced. We’ll draw the phase line in writing and give you a fixed number for each phase. Call (877) 610-1318 to talk through what makes sense on your lot.
Ready to see a real number for your Broadview Park addition or ADU? Call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318. We’ll walk the property, write the scope, and hand you a line-item estimate with every permit trigger, every dewatering cost, and every allowance in writing. Free estimates, no trip charge inside the county, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise on the contract.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Broadview Park with permits pulled and inspections signed on every eligible job.