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Kendall, Miami-Dade County

Demolition in Kendall

Kendall is unincorporated, so its demolition permits come from Miami-Dade County's Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources, not a city hall. Building started in the east near Pinecrest in the 1950s and moved west through the 1970s to the 1990s, and Hurricane Andrew severely damaged the area in 1992.

Population peaked at about 87,300 in 1990. Dadeland, the commercial core, holds Dadeland Mall and two Metrorail stations, while the residential stock ranges from 1950s houses in the east to later subdivisions to the west.

County rules apply directly. A detached structure is filed under Category 15, an attached residential structure under Category 02, with an asbestos survey for every demolition project and a Notice of Demolition or Asbestos Renovation filed with DERM at least 10 working days before work starts. A property whose folio number begins with 30 falls under county jurisdiction.

Tree removal needs a county permit under Sec. 24-49, and destroying a tree through root damage counts too, with replacement canopy required. We read the tree survey before setting equipment routes.

Sources: Wikipedia: Kendall, Florida · Miami-Dade DERM: demolition and asbestos notice · Miami-Dade County: tree removal permits

Who issues the permit in Kendall

Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources (RER)

Unincorporated Kendall is permitted by RER. Category 15 for detached structures, Category 02 for attached residential.

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This is general information, not legal advice. If you hire Romco, we apply for the permit as contractor of record. Miami-Dade demolition permit guide

What we quote in Kendall

Other work we quote

From first call to final

The order a Miami-Dade job follows

Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. A garden shed and a mid-rise run through the same steps.

  1. Call or send the request

    Give us the address, photos or plans if you have them, and a plain account of what goes and what remains.

  2. Site visit

    We check how the building is framed, where the services enter, how trucks and machines get in, and what stands on either side.

  3. Scope and quote in writing

    You get a written scope listing removals, protections and haul-off, with any item that hangs on the asbestos survey called out.

  4. Survey, notice and permit

    A licensed asbestos survey, the DERM notice where it applies, the utility disconnects, then the permit from the city or the county.

  5. Take-down and hauling

    Work runs in the agreed sequence. Loads go to permitted facilities, and we keep the tickets.

  6. Final and closeout

    The inspector signs off the permit. You are left with a clean lot, or the shell you asked us to keep.

Questions

Demolition in Kendall

How do I know whether my Kendall-area property is permitted by the county or a city?

Check the folio number. Folios beginning with 30 fall under Miami-Dade County, so the demolition permit comes from RER. Neighboring cities such as Pinecrest run their own building departments. Confirm with RER if the folio is unclear.

How much will my demolition cost?

We quote each job after seeing it, in person or through photos and plans when they show enough. The figure moves with the construction type, the floor area and height, the asbestos survey result, the utilities to be cut off, how machines reach the work, what stands next door, what must be kept, and how far the loads travel. A 1950s concrete block house and a 1990s frame addition can sit on the same street and quote very differently, which is why we publish no rates.

Why does Miami-Dade want an asbestos survey even for a house?

The county's own demolition requirements call for an asbestos survey on every demolition project, which is stricter than the federal rule for some small homes. A notice of demolition also goes to DERM, the county's environmental resources office, no later than ten working days ahead of the start date. The building permit is a different document and cannot stand in for it. We arrange a licensed survey, and a licensed abatement firm removes anything the work would disturb. Romco coordinates both and is not an abatement contractor.

How long does it take to get from first call to a cleared site?

We will not guess before the facts are known. The answer depends on the plan review queue at your city or the county, how fast the utilities issue their disconnect letters, what the survey turns up and the notice period that follows, any historic or condo board approval, and how big the building is and what it is built from. When we know those, you get a sequence that names what each step waits on.

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Tell us what is coming down. We will put a quote on it.

Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. A single interior partition or a complete building gets the same thing: a written scope and a quote.

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