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Building an addition or ADU in Broadview Park means two things before the first nail moves: Broward County permits and a house that was framed when Eisenhower was president. Most of these CBS ranches off SW 40th Ave and State Road 7 were built between 1955 and 1975, and they almost never meet the wind-load code an inspector will hold your new square footage to. That’s the reality we work with every week. If you’re planning a garage conversion, a second story, or a new detached ADU, call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318 and we’ll come walk the property, check the roof structure and panel, and give you a written estimate that accounts for what your house actually is, not what a generic quote assumes.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Broadview Park’s Preferred Home Additions & ADU Company
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and his sons run the crews. That matters in a neighborhood like Broadview Park because the work here is not off-the-shelf. An addition means tying into block walls that predate Florida’s post-Andrew code, pulling permits through the Broward County Building Department rather than a city hall, and dealing with groundwater that shows up 20 inches down when you trench for Bathroom Remodeling in Broadview Park. We’re familiar with all of it, and every scope item, every allowance, and every change order lands on paper in writing before anything changes on site. If the inspector flags something, we fix it. We don’t argue with the county, because we want that CO signed at the end.
Ownership also means you’re not getting a rotating cast of subs. The crew that shows up wearing Barrett & Sons shirts is background-checked and carries Tom’s name on the truck. Calls are answered by a live person at (877) 610-1318, 24 hours a day. And every job ends with the same written promise: the 90-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, one call brings Tom back. Look up the license number yourself. Ask anyone on your street. We live twenty minutes away.
Our Home Additions & ADU Services in Broadview Park
Garage Conversion ADU
Most garage conversions in Broadview Park start as either an enclosed carport or a single-car garage attached to a 1960s CBS ranch. The thing that dictates price here is not the floor plan, it’s our Roofing in Broadview Park. Original trusses in these homes are often toe-nailed with 1/2-inch plywood sheathing, so before we frame a single interior wall we’re typically adding hurricane clips at every truss-to-plate connection and re-sheathing gable ends. That’s why a garage conversion here runs $30,000 to $80,000, not the $25,000 you might see quoted for a newer Davie home.
New Detached ADU
A new detached ADU in Broadview Park is effectively a small house built to current Broward County code, and that means closed-cell foam adhesive on the roof deck, impact-rated openings, and a slab that may need dewatering before the pour. The shallow water table along the South New River Canal drainage basin means excavation for footings can hit groundwater within 18 to 24 inches, especially during the June-to-September wet season. Budget $90,000 to $220,000 for a finished, permitted ADU. We’ll give you a line-item breakdown before you sign anything.
Junior ADU & Interior Conversion
A junior ADU, usually a bedroom suite carved out of existing square footage, is the fastest way to create rental income or space for an aging parent without a full addition. In Broadview Park’s mid-century ranches, the limiting factor is usually electrical. Many of these houses still carry original Federal Pacific Stab-Lok panels, and the county inspector will red-tag any new circuit on a panel with breakers that don’t trip. We replace the panel as part of the scope, in writing, before rough-in starts.
Second Story Additions
Adding a second story to a single-story CBS home is the single biggest structural conversation you can have on this housing stock. The first-floor walls are hollow concrete block from the 1950s and 1960s. They will not hold a wedge anchor. The new top plates get epoxy-anchored, and the load path from the new second-floor framing down to the slab has to be engineered and inspected. This is not a bolt-on job. It’s a full structural scope, and it’s why we treat a second-story addition in Broadview Park as an engineering project first and a framing project second.
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Trusted Brands We Service in Broadview Park
For exterior hardscaping around an ADU or addition, we install Belgard concrete pavers and Techo-Bloc units, because both hold up better in South Florida’s wet-dry cycle than box-store pavers that spall after a few hurricane seasons. For Windows & Doors - Broadview Park impact openings we work with Andersen windows, chosen for salt-air corrosion resistance on the frames and hardware. When we set railing posts on a deck or balcony addition, we use hot-dipped galvanized or stainless fasteners, not the zinc-plated anchors that rust through along SW 40th Ave within a decade. You can look every product up. No mystery brands off a van.
Get a Free Estimate for your Home Additions & ADU project: call (877) 610-1318. We serve all of Broadview Park including the neighborhoods off State Road 7 and SW 40th Ave.
Common Home Additions & ADU Problems We See in Broadview Park Homes
- Toe-nailed trusses failing wind-mitigation reviews. Original 1960s roof framing was never designed for current uplift loads. Any addition attached to the existing roof line means bringing those connections up to code, or the permit won’t move.
- Jalousie windows blocking the whole project. An owner seeking a Citizens wind-mitigation credit, or selling the property, must replace every louvered jalousie opening with an approved impact unit. That’s a permit-required scope that changes the price of an addition before you ever get to the new square footage.
- Groundwater in slab trenches. Broadview Park sits on the historically shallow water table of the coastal flatlands. Trenching for a new ADU bathroom or utility line during summer regularly hits water at under two feet, which means dewatering before the concrete goes in.
- Federal Pacific panels red-tagging electrical rough-ins. If your service panel is original to the house, new circuits for an addition or ADU will not pass inspection on it. We flag it during the estimate, include the panel replacement in writing, and avoid a mid-project surprise invoice.
Pricing for Home Additions & ADU in Broadview Park, FL
Most home additions in Broadview Park land between $45,000 and $130,000. Garage conversions sit lower, typically $30,000 to $80,000. A new detached ADU runs $90,000 to $220,000. Impact windows, which almost always ride along with any addition on these older homes, add $8,000 to $25,000 depending on opening count. The single biggest cost driver on this housing stock is not square footage. It’s the retrofit work the county demands before new square footage gets signed off: hurricane clips, epoxy-anchored top plates, impact-rated openings, and panel replacements. Now for the clearer picture:
| Line Item | Broadview Park Price Range |
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| Garage Conversion ADU | $30,000 - $80,000 |
| ADU Construction (new detached) | $90,000 - $220,000 |
| Home Addition | $45,000 - $130,000 |
| Impact Window Installation | $8,000 - $25,000 |
Every estimate is a written line-item quote, and every price change is a written change order before work proceeds. Call (877) 610-1318 for your free estimate, and remember: we publish a permanent 10% Senior & Veteran discount, and there’s no trip charge inside the county.
We Also Serve Cities Near Broadview Park
Our crews work throughout unincorporated Broward and the surrounding municipalities, including Plantation, Fort Lauderdale, Lauderhill, and Lauderdale Lakes. If you’re in one of those cities and planning an ADU, give us a call at (877) 610-1318. Scheduling is coordinated from our Miami (South FL) office, and our Home Additions & ADU team serves the Broadview Park area locally.
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
Broadview Park is unincorporated Broward County, so every permit, inspection, and certificate of occupancy runs through the Broward County Building Department instead of a city hall. That’s a larger permitting queue and a different inspector pool than Davie or Plantation’s municipal departments, which adds review time to additions and ADUs. We manage the entire permitting process for you, but realistically, plan for a longer paper phase here than in an incorporated city. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk you through the current county timelines.
No. When you convert a carport to a permitted ADU in Broadview Park, the new square footage must meet current Broward County wind-load code, and the point where the new structure ties into the existing house gets scrutinized. On a 1960s CBS ranch, that means adding hurricane clips at truss-to-plate connections and re-sheathing the new gable end, even if you’re not touching the rest of the roof. It’s not optional. We include it in the written estimate up front so it doesn’t arrive as a mid-job surprise.
You don’t have to replace them to get the addition framed, but if the county inspector or your insurance company asks about wind mitigation, jalousie windows are a problem. They cannot be made impact-rated. Most owners adding a permitted ADU to a home with original jalousie windows end up replacing them as part of the same scope, because the insurer will flag them during the wind-mitigation review. We’ll tell you during the estimate whether yours need to go. Get an exact quote by calling (877) 610-1318.
The difference is the materials and the inspections. In Broadview Park, salt air from the Atlantic and the shallow water table drive a different build spec than an inland town. Stainless or hot-dipped galvanized fasteners instead of zinc-plated, heavier sheathing, closed-cell foam adhesive on the roof deck, impact-rated windows, dewatered slab trenches, and epoxy-anchored top plates on old CBS block. The cheap inland spec fails here within a decade. The coastal spec costs more at the start, and it’s the one we write into our contracts. For a line-item breakdown of what a coastal-spec ADU costs in Broadview Park, call (877) 610-1318.
The electrical service. Most of these 1950s and 1960s ranch homes still carry their original Federal Pacific Stab-Lok panels, and those breakers do not trip reliably on overload. The county inspector will red-tag the rough-in on any new second-story circuit, which means a panel replacement gets added to your scope whether you planned for it or not. We identify it during the estimate and include it in writing, so the only surprise is on the panels, not your bill. For an exact second-story addition quote, call (877) 610-1318 - the estimate is free.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Broadview Park and surrounding Broward County communities since 1998.