The building department doesn't want your idea — it wants a complete set of drawings. Site plan, floor plans, elevations, framing, electrical, plumbing, HVAC: coordinated, correctly formatted for your county's portal, and stamped by a licensed Florida professional.
A full permit drawing set is the complete package of technical drawings required to obtain a building permit for a new construction, addition, conversion, or renovation project.
For most residential projects in Florida — garage conversions, home additions, new construction, ADUs — a site plan alone is not sufficient. A floor plan without structural framing is not sufficient. Each sheet depends on the others, and your county reviews them as one coordinated package.
Every full permit drawing set includes some or all of the following, depending on project type and your county's requirements. Sheets are numbered the way reviewers read them.
Scaled, top-down drawing of the property showing all existing structures, proposed construction, setback dimensions from all property lines, easements, north arrow, scale bar, and impervious surface calculation.
As-built layout of the existing structure showing all rooms, walls, doors, windows, and dimensions. Required for conversion and renovation projects — the baseline from which all proposed changes are shown.
The new layout showing all proposed modifications, additions, and new construction. All rooms labeled with dimensions. Fixtures shown in kitchen, bathrooms, and utility areas.
Exterior views of the current building — front, rear, and sides — showing existing roofline, windows, doors, siding, and overall height. Establishes baseline appearance for addition and conversion projects.
Front, rear, left, and right elevations showing the new construction — proposed roofline, materials, window and door locations, and finished height.
Top-down roof view showing slope direction, pitch notation (e.g. 5:12), hip/gable/shed configuration, drainage direction, and ridge and valley locations. Required for new construction and additions.
Stud layout, header sizing, king studs, cripples, and all structural framing details, with wall section details showing layers — sheathing, insulation, drywall, blocking.
Panel location, circuit routing, outlets, switches, light fixtures, smoke/CO detectors, and AFCI/GFCI protection zones — with a load calculation report confirming 150A or 200A service adequacy under NEC Article 220.
All fixture locations, supply and waste routing, vent stack, cleanouts, water heater, and main line connections — plus a 3D isometric of the full drain-waste-vent tree with pipe sizes, trap arm lengths, and fixture unit calcs per Florida Plumbing Code.
Duct routing, supply and return registers, air handler and condenser locations, and equipment sizing — with the Manual J load calculation required by the Florida Energy Conservation Code and Manual D duct design confirming airflow to every room.
Existing and proposed grades, swale locations, drainage flow direction, stormwater retention or infiltration design, and connection to the county drainage system. Required for most new construction and large additions in Florida.
A Florida-licensed Professional Engineer reviews, signs, seals, and dates the complete set where your county and project require it.
PE Stamp Services →From garage conversions to full new construction — every set scoped to what your county actually requires. We confirm requirements before drawing begins.
Converting an attached or detached garage into a bedroom, kitchenette, bathroom, or full ADU changes the use and occupancy classification of the structure — so the building department requires the complete coordinated set. Submit one sheet at a time and you'll get correction after correction. Submit the complete set and you pass.
We prepare this package for garage conversions across all Florida counties — Pasco (Wesley Chapel), Hillsborough (Tampa), Lee (Fort Myers, Cape Coral), Miami-Dade, Broward, Orange County — formatted for each specific portal and checklist.
Adding square footage triggers structural review, energy compliance, and MEP coordination. Counties like Pasco, Hillsborough, and Orange require the complete set for additions over a threshold size.
Florida SB 943 (effective July 1, 2025) allows ADUs on most single-family lots statewide. The permit set for a detached ADU is equivalent to a small new construction package.
The most comprehensive package we offer — a complete architectural, structural, and MEP set for new single-family construction in Florida.
Commercial permit sets in Florida require a PE stamp — mandatory throughout the state. Every structural sheet is signed and sealed by a Florida-licensed PE.
Permit rejections happen when drawings don't coordinate.
We draft all disciplines in-house from the same base drawings. Every sheet references the same dimensions, the same wall locations, the same structural elements. There are no conflicts between sheets — because the same team drew all of them.
That is the difference between a set that passes on first submission and one that goes back twice.
The electrical plan shows a panel on the north wall.
The framing plan shows a structural beam in the same location.
The reviewer flags the conflict. Correction notice.
Under F.S. 553.792, you now have 10 business days to respond — or the application may be denied.
Our fix: one team, one base drawing, zero cross-sheet conflicts — and any correction notice answered within 24 hours, free.
Pasco County confirmed it in writing. Lee County requires it for commercial. HVHZ jurisdictions — Miami-Dade and Broward — require it for all commercial and many structural residential projects.
A PE stamp means a licensed Florida Professional Engineer has reviewed, signed, sealed, and dated the drawings. We coordinate Florida-licensed PE review for every project requiring it — the PE reviews our drawings, signs, seals, and dates the complete set, ready for submission.
Reviewed · Signed · Sealed · Dated
Registered with FBPE — licenses renewed annually (expire Feb 28)
Full permit drawing sets are priced by project type, building size, number of disciplines, and county-specific requirements. Every price includes one round of revisions.
| Project Type | Typical Investment | Typical Turnaround | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garage-to-Living Space Conversion | From $800 | 4–5 business days | Get Quote → |
| Home Addition (under 400 sq ft) | From $900 | 4–5 business days | Get Quote → |
| ADU — Detached | From $1,100 | 5–7 business days | Get Quote → |
| Single-Family New Construction | From $1,500 | 7–10 business days | Get Quote → |
| Commercial Tenant Improvement | From $1,500 | 7–10 business days | Get Quote → |
| PE Stamp on Complete Set | $499–$799based on city & drawing scope | +2 business days | Details → |
Pricing includes one round of revisions. If the building department issues a correction notice on our drawings, we address it within 24 hours at no additional charge. Rush delivery available. Try the Cost Calculator →
Four things from you. A complete, submission-ready package back.
Eleven years. 1,000+ approved permit drawings across all 50 states. Florida has been our deepest market since 2021.
We know which Florida counties require a PE stamp for residential garage conversions. We know Orange County FastTrack's file naming conventions. We know Broward County's pool barrier minimums. We know Lee County's post-Ian rebuild requirements.
A drawing set prepared without that local knowledge gets corrected. One prepared with it passes — not copied from a template, drawn for your county.
Local knowledge is the difference between a set that passes and one that comes back. These rules are baked into every package we prepare.
Once a correction notice is issued, you have 10 business days to respond. Miss it and the application may be denied — a full restart. We coordinate revisions within 24 hours.
All Miami-Dade and Broward drawings include wind speed notation per FBC HVHZ provisions (Ch. 15 & 44). Products must carry Miami-Dade NOA.
All pool-related work includes barrier documentation — 48-inch minimum height, self-closing/self-latching gates, 54-inch latch height.
All conditioned space work includes Manual J load calculations and energy compliance documentation per Florida Building Code 8th Edition.
Every PE stamp is performed by a Florida-licensed Professional Engineer registered with the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.
Every set is formatted for your county's specific portal. If your county isn't listed below — we cover it. Every county in Florida.
Fort Myers · Cape Coral · Bonita Springs · Estero — 8,774 permits in 2025. Community Development portal, post-Ian rebuild requirements.
Miami · Hialeah · Doral · Fort Lauderdale · Pembroke Pines · Hollywood — wind notation required on every set; Miami-Dade BDFD formatting.
Orlando · Kissimmee · Ocoee — FastTrack portal, including its specific file naming conventions.
Hillsborough (Tampa, Brandon, Riverview, Plant City) · Pinellas (St. Petersburg, Clearwater) · Pasco (Wesley Chapel)
Duval (Jacksonville — JaxPermits) · St. Johns (St. Augustine) · Clay · Nassau (Fernandina Beach) · Alachua (Gainesville)
Sarasota · Manatee (Bradenton) · Charlotte (Punta Gorda) · Collier (Naples)
Palm Beach (West Palm Beach, Boca Raton) · St. Lucie (Port St. Lucie) · Martin (Stuart)
Polk (Lakeland, Winter Haven) · Seminole · Osceola · Brevard (Melbourne, Titusville) · Volusia (Daytona Beach)
Escambia (Pensacola) · Okaloosa (Destin, Fort Walton Beach) · Walton · Bay (Panama City) · Leon (Tallahassee)
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