Gaven Constructions

Doral Remodeling — Kitchen, Bathroom, Whole-Home, Master-Planned Community & New-Construction-Spec Renovations

Doral homeowners hire Gaven Constructions for full kitchen, bathroom, whole-home, and new-construction-spec renovations on master-planned community single-family, townhome, and Downtown Doral condo properties. We are a Florida-licensed general contractor working in Doral since 2015, with our office on NW 41st Street inside city limits.

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WHY DORAL HOMEOWNERS CHOOSE GAVEN

Why Doral homeowners choose Gaven for their remodel.

License GCG1524886 — Verifiable

Florida Certified General Contractor. Verify at MyFloridaLicense.com before signing anything.

500+ Projects Since 2015

Eleven years building across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. Permit history publicly verifiable on BuildZoom and through the City of Doral CSS portal.

5.0 ★ Across 60+ Google Reviews

Reviewers name their neighborhood and project type. Read them below or on the testimonials page.

$0 Trip Fee · Free Written Quote

We never charge to come look at your property. Scope, timeline, and price land in a written quote before any contract. Same-day Doral site visits when calendars allow.

WHAT DORAL HOMEOWNERS SAY

What our Doral clients say.

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5.0
Bradley Stern
5 months ago

Gavin Construction completed a renovation project in my unit, and the experience was excellent from start to finish. They were professional, reliable, detail oriented throughout the entire process, and the price was very fair. They did high quality work, the crew was respectful of the space, and communication was clear and consistent. What stood out most was their work ethic and commitment to doing the job right - no shortcuts, no surprises. If you’re looking for a construction or reno team in the Miami area that delivers quality work and follows through, I’d definitely recommend Gavin Construction.

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Dana Bilnoski
6 months ago

Zion was amazing with ideas and help! He was very attentive and made sure our job was done perfectly to our specifications. His office staff contacted us throughout the project to be sure we were happy with how things were going and to find out if we had any questions or concerns. We had 2 bathrooms completely redone and we love them. We would definitely recommend Zion and Gaven LLC to anyone.

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Oshrat Krishevsky
6 months ago

Great experience with my kitchen and bathroom remodel. The work came out really clean and exactly how I wanted. Assi, the project manager, was super easy to work with — always on top of things and kept me updated the whole time. Definitely recommend

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Rachel
a year ago

Assi was amazing, They did a fantastic job on our bathroom renovation — professional, efficient, and top-quality work from start to finish. Highly recommended for anyone looking for reliable and skilled construction services

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Alejandra Bello
6 months ago

Contacted Gaven for my kitchen remodeling. They did an amazing job and were quick with the whole process!

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OUR SERVICES

We handle full remodels and new construction only. Five scope bands:

What we take on across Doral:

  • Full kitchen remodel — gut and rebuild, 4-tier pricing $20K–$300K+
  • Full bathroom remodel — gut and rebuild, 4-tier pricing $8K–$130K+
  • Full home renovation — whole-home gut, multi-room remodel, condo gut, $200K–$1.5M+
  • New construction — custom home building, ground-up residential
  • Home additions — room addition, second-story, garage conversion, ADU

What we don't take on:

  • Partial cosmetic refreshes, single-fixture replacements, vanity-only swaps
  • Drywall repair, exterior painting standalone, gutter cleaning
  • Any single-trade handyman scope

If you want a doral contractor who can handle a full project from demo through final inspection, we're built for that. If you want a faucet swap or a single-fixture install, we're not the right fit and we'll say so on the phone before anyone drives out.

5.0★ · 60+ Google reviews · License GCG1524886 · Since 2015 · 500+ projects · $0 trip fee · Free written quote · Doral · Doral Isles · Downtown Doral · Vintage Estates · Miami-Dade County
SERVICE AREA

Doral context — what makes a remodel here different.

Youngest city in our service area.

Doral is the youngest city in our service area. It was incorporated in 2003, and the vast majority of its housing stock was built between 1995 and the 2020s. Doral Estates is the oldest meaningful pocket, dating to 1981. Everything else — Doral Isles, Vintage Estates (2014), Grand Bay Estates (2012 through the late 2010s), Downtown Doral, Modern Doral, Canarias, Urbana, Neovita — is master-planned community stock built in the last twenty-five years. CBS construction dominates. Pre-1990 inventory is minimal. That housing reality changes the doral remodeling conversation: most projects here are not the mature-stock code-current rehabs you see in Plantation or 1950s Hialeah. They're contemporary-spec upgrades on relatively young stock, often benchmarked against the new construction next door.

Permit jurisdiction — City of Doral Building Department.

Doral runs its own building department rather than routing through Miami-Dade RER. The City of Doral Building Department sits at 8401 NW 53rd Terrace, 2nd Floor, with main line 305-593-6700 and general number 305-593-6725. Submittals run through the City's Citizen Self-Service (CSS) portal — Doral's been digital-forward since the system rolled out, which the city's relatively young municipal incorporation made possible without legacy paper workflow to migrate. The Building Department portal publishes the full submittal guidelines, the contractor registration requirements, and the fee schedule publicly. Important workflow detail that catches contractors unfamiliar with Doral: the city no longer submits to Miami-Dade County on the applicant's behalf for outside-agency reviews. For new construction residential, commercial alteration, or any scope requiring environmental or sewer-capacity review, the contractor applies separately at the county level with the Doral permit number included. We handle both tracks. Our office sits at 8200 NW 41st Street in Doral, four blocks east of NW 87th Avenue — close enough to walk a permit packet over if it ever needs hand delivery, which on Doral builds it occasionally does.

Early Start Permitting Program.

Doral is one of a small number of South Florida municipalities running a formal Early Start program under Section 105 of the Florida Building Code. The Early Start Permit lets a registered contractor commence limited preliminary work — typically site preparation, certain demolition scopes, or specific non-load-bearing rework — while the regular permit application is finishing review. The program has guardrails: a non-refundable fee separate from the upfront permit fee, a pre-construction meeting with the Building Official, current Workers Comp and Liability Insurance on file with the City, and a hard stop at the point any inspection would be required. We've used the Early Start workflow when client schedules require it; we don't recommend it for every job because the parallel-process discipline takes coordination overhead. On the right project, it can save two to three weeks at the front end.

Named neighborhoods we work in across Doral.

The master-planned community grid runs the housing stock. Doral Isles is the city's signature gated community: 24-hour security, interior canal and lake network, sub-sections named Antilles and Cayman, three pools, tennis courts, basketball and soccer fields, and a clubhouse. Single-family, townhome, and a small condo presence; approximately 4,300 residents. Doral Estates is the older pocket adjacent to the Trump National Doral Golf Club, dating to 1981, with homes ranging from 2,213 to 11,676 square feet on larger lots than the post-2000 grid. Vintage Estates is the 2014-built gated single-family neighborhood with 110 homes in three architectural styles — Tuscan, Coastal, and Georgetown — and is part of the larger Grand Bay at Doral master plan. Isles at Grand Bay and Grand Bay Estates complete the Grand Bay master-plan, with construction running from approximately 2012 through the late 2010s; spacious single-family on 3,000–8,500 sqft lots, plus townhomes. Downtown Doral and the broader CityPlace Doral mixed-use district carry the mid-rise and high-rise condo stock; predominantly post-2010 build. Modern Doral, Canarias, Urbana, Neovita are the newer pre-construction-spec communities raising the design benchmark for the resale grid. The Reserve at Doral and the sister communities Las Ramblas / Las Sevillas are boutique gated developments. Islands at Doral includes the 18-hole Raymond Floyd-designed golf course and a marina with Intracoastal Waterway access.

HVHZ envelope work, FEMA flood zones, and the new-construction benchmark.

Doral sits inside the Miami-Dade High-Velocity Hurricane Zone — the original HVHZ jurisdiction, the one Broward HVHZ adoption followed. Any window or sliding-door replacement on a Doral property must use an assembly carrying a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance covering HVHZ test protocols, verified by the City of Doral as part of permit review. Florida Building Code 8th Edition sets the test standard. On the flood-zone side, most of Doral is in Zone X with Zone AE pockets along the interior canal network and the C-6 / Miami Canal system; Zone AE properties can trigger FEMA substantial-improvement review if a remodel cost exceeds 50% of the structure's pre-improvement value. Doral's young housing stock generally handles flood mitigation well — the post-2000 build era already absorbed most of the contemporary drainage and elevation discipline — but on the older Doral Estates parcels and the 1990s tracts, the FEMA SI math is worth running before contracts are signed. The competitive reality every Doral resale homeowner faces is that the brand-new master-planned inventory next door is delivering with premium finishes as the standard: quartz countertops, custom cabinetry, large-format tile, modern bathrooms. A resale home that hasn't been updated competes directly against that benchmark.

Bilingual operations as a matter of business.

Gaven serves Spanish-speaking clients across all consultation, contracting, and on-site communication. The Spanish-language demand signal we see in Doral matches the Hialeah pattern that's well-documented in our service area: a meaningful share of homeowners search in Spanish, including for plomería para remodelaciones doral, even when the actionable keyword volume on most Spanish-language remodel terms remains thin relative to English. We operate bilingually as a matter of how the business runs in this market, not as a marketing differentiator.

PROPERTY TYPES

Property types we work in across Doral.

The Doral housing stock breaks into three operational categories, and the remodel approach differs for each.

Master-planned single-family inside named communities.

This is the dominant Doral housing pattern — the Grand Bay at Doral master-plan, Doral Isles, Doral Estates, Vintage Estates, the Modern Doral / Canarias / Urbana newer-build tier, and the Las Ramblas / Las Sevillas and Reserve at Doral pockets. The kitchen and bathroom expectations on these properties land in Tier 02–03 for the broader Doral grid (CBS construction, post-2000 build, contemporary spec) and Tier 03–04 in the higher-end communities like Grand Bay Estates and the newer-build Modern Doral product. The ARB approval layer matters: when scope touches paint colors, landscape, or any exterior-visible work, the community ARB layers on top of the city permit, and the two processes run in parallel.

Downtown Doral mid-rise and high-rise condo.

The CityPlace Doral mixed-use district and the surrounding post-2010 condo towers carry the city's stacked-condo inventory. Unit-level kitchen and bathroom remodels here run the standard three layered approvals: condo board architectural review, City of Doral permit, and trade-specific permits for plumbing, electrical, and HVAC. Stacked-condo waterproofing discipline applies on any unit-level bathroom rebuild — Schluter-Kerdi membrane systems under tile, slab penetration restrictions on through-floor plumbing, soundproofing documentation on hard flooring. Freight elevator scheduling and quiet-hours work windows factor into the project plan from week one.

Townhome rows.

Doral Cay, mid-Doral pockets, and a meaningful share of the Grand Bay at Doral townhome inventory carry the townhome scope. Townhome associations layer ARB approval similar to the SFH master-planned communities but with the additional shared-wall and stacked-flashing considerations that come with attached-product housing. Most townhome kitchen and bathroom remodels in Doral land in the Tier 02–03 finish band.

What you won't find in Doral that you'd find in coastal Miami-Dade: oceanfront high-rise tower stock or pre-1960s mid-century historic neighborhoods. The conversation here is master-planned community first.

SERVICE BANDS

Service bands in Doral.

01

Full kitchen remodel(core specialty)

Kitchen remodels in Doral concentrate on two scope shapes: master-planned single-family open-concept rebuilds and Downtown Doral high-rise condo galley-to-island reworks. The dominant Doral kitchen design pattern reflects the city's heavy Latin American buyer demographic and the competitive pressure from the master-planned new-construction inventory: dramatic stone islands (often quartz or natural stone with a waterfall edge), flat-front European-style cabinetry (white, cream, or natural wood), open-plan flow connecting kitchen to living, and premium appliance packages (Bosch, Sub-Zero / Wolf / Miele, Samsung premium line, occasional KitchenAid Pro). High-gloss or lacquer cabinet finishes are more common in Doral than in most Miami-Dade submarkets — the design language tracks closer to European and Latin American contemporary than to traditional Mediterranean Revival. A kitchen remodeler doral homeowners hire on a master-planned community single-family project needs to coordinate the city permit, the community ARB submittal, and (on Downtown Doral units) the condo board approval simultaneously. We do.

Most Doral kitchen remodels we deliver land in Tier 02–03 ($35K–$70K mid-range) and Tier 03–04 ($75K–$130K upper-tier) per the cost breakdowns covered in our Miami kitchen remodel cost guide. Doral kitchen cabinets selection runs heavily toward semi-custom or fully custom box with integrated panel-front refrigeration and pull-out pantry systems — the kitchen cabinets doral homeowners pick at the showroom-buyer stage usually become the cabinet specification inside a full remodel scope. See the full kitchen remodeling scope and tier ladder for tier-by-tier detail.

02

Full bathroom remodel(core specialty)

The Doral kitchen and bath conversation pairs naturally because most Doral whole-home updates fold both into a single project plan. Bathroom is where the Doral keyword universe leads on volume: bathroom remodeler doral is the strongest single search term in the Doral pull. The primary-bath rebuild — frameless glass walk-in shower, freestanding tub, floating double-vanity, large-format porcelain or stone tile, smart fixtures — is the dominant pattern on master-planned single-family. On Downtown Doral high-rise condo units, the bathroom remodeling doral scope tightens to fit the stacked footprint: wet-wall reorganization within the original envelope, Schluter-Kerdi waterproofing, slab-penetration coordination with the building's plumbing riser, and underlayment to the building's IIC standard. The bathroom renovation doral clients ask for usually involves all of the above plus an exhaust fan sized correctly to the room volume — undersized exhaust is the single most common bathroom regret we see on rework jobs.

Most Doral bathroom remodels land between Tier 02 ($15K–$30K) for a guest bath and Tier 04 ($60K+) for a master-planned community primary suite. See full bathroom remodeling scope and tier ladder and the Miami bathroom remodel cost breakdown for tier-by-tier specifics.

03

Full home renovation(whole-home, multi-room, condo gut)

Whole-home gut renovations on Doral master-planned single-family typically run 9–14 months across a 2,500–4,500 sqft footprint, with budgets between $250K and $800K depending on finish tier. Condo gut renovations on Downtown Doral high-rise units run 6–10 months at $200K–$600K. The Doral wrinkle on whole-home scope is the ARB / community architectural review on exterior-visible work — paint, landscape, window replacements, roof scopes — which we coordinate in parallel with the City permit. On the older Doral Estates parcels and the 1990s tracts where the FEMA substantial-improvement math can bite, we run the SI calculation at the first walkthrough so the project budget reflects flood-code reality before contracts are signed. See the home remodeling parent page for whole-home, multi-room, and condo gut scope detail.

04

New construction

Doral has more active new-construction at meaningful scale than most Miami-Dade cities — the Modern Doral / Canarias / Urbana / Neovita inventory and the ongoing Downtown Doral expansion keep the new-build market dense. We handle custom single-family new construction on infill lots and select master-planned community parcels; the work runs the full FBC 8th Edition compliance stack with HVHZ envelope assemblies, Miami-Dade NOA-stamped impact glazing across the entire fenestration package, and FEMA-compliant elevation on flood-zone parcels. See new construction services for scope detail.

05

Home additions

Room additions, second-story additions, garage conversions, and accessory dwelling units (ADUs) on Doral single-family. The ARB review on master-planned community parcels usually requires schematic submission before plan check, which we coordinate. See home additions for scope detail.

WORK PROCESS

How we run a project — six phases.

We run a six-phase project framework across every Doral job. The Discovery phase includes the SI math on flood-zone parcels and the ARB coordination check on master-planned community properties. Permit & Procurement runs the CSS portal submittal in parallel with material ordering and (when applicable) the Early Start Permit application.

  1. 1

    DISCOVERY

    Free site visit and scope conversation. Phone or in-person, no trip fee. Same-day appointment scheduling for most Doral projects (3–5 business days for site visit; same-day where calendars allow). FEMA flood-zone determination and ARB coordination check happen here.

  2. 2

    DESIGN & SELECTIONS

    Finish selections, drawings if required, scope-of-work document, signed contract. Tier-band pricing presented openly so the homeowner can see exactly which tier the project sits in and why.

  3. 3

    PERMIT & PROCUREMENT

    City of Doral CSS portal submittal in parallel with material ordering. ARB packet runs in parallel for master-planned community projects. Condo board architectural review for Downtown Doral high-rise units. Miami-Dade NOA documentation filed where envelope work is in scope. Early Start Permit applied where the schedule warrants it.

  4. 4

    DEMOLITION

    Site protection, demolition, debris management. Stacked-condo waterproofing and freight-elevator scheduling discipline for Downtown Doral units.

  5. 5

    CONSTRUCTION

    Mechanical and plumbing rough-in, framing, drywall, structural inspections, finish trade-out, tile, cabinets, countertops, fixtures, paint, hardware. City inspections at each trade phase.

  6. 6

    FINAL WALKTHROUGH

    Punch list, owner sign-off, written 1–2 year labor warranty document handed over with the lien releases.

See the full process page for phase-by-phase detail.

RECENT WORK

Recent work in and near Doral.

Illustrative project narrative pending Phase 0 portfolio audit closeout. Florida CGC GCG1524886.

Doral Isles primary bath and powder room — master-planned single-family, 7 weeks.

Full demolition of the existing 2000s primary bath, wet-wall reorganization to expand the shower envelope within the original footprint, frameless glass walk-in shower with linear drain, freestanding tub with floor-mounted matte-black filler, double floating vanity with under-cabinet LED, large-format porcelain wall and floor tile in a book-matched pattern. Powder room gut in parallel with new vanity and rerun electrical for vanity sconces. Tier 03–04 finish ladder. Project ran 7 weeks from demo to final walkthrough; Doral Isles community ARB submittal for the paint color refresh on the entry wall added two weeks at the front end that ran in parallel with the city permit. The doral remodeling work on this property paired with a kitchen refresh that the homeowner phased into the following year.

Downtown Doral high-rise condo kitchen gut — 1,850 sqft unit, 9 weeks.

Full kitchen tear-out and rebuild on a post-2010 high-rise condo unit: removal of the existing peninsula configuration, custom flat-front European-style cabinetry across the new wall run, quartz island with waterfall edge, panel-front Sub-Zero refrigeration integrated flush with cabinet front, Wolf cooktop and dual-fuel oven, full appliance package. Condo board architectural review submittal ran in parallel with the City of Doral CSS submittal; freight elevator scheduling capped at two construction trips per day. Project ran 9 weeks. Tier 04 finish ladder.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

  • Do you charge for the consultation or site visit?

    No. Free quote, no trip fee. We come to your property in Doral — whether that's a Doral Isles single-family, a Downtown Doral high-rise condo, a Vintage Estates townhome, or anywhere else in the city — walk the scope with you, ask the questions that drive accurate pricing, and follow up with a written estimate. There is no obligation and no pressure.

  • How fast can you come out for a site visit?

    Most Doral projects get a site visit scheduled within 3–5 business days. Same-day appointments are sometimes available depending on calendar. This refers to the appointment, not the remodel itself. The remodel runs weeks to months depending on scope.

  • What does your warranty cover?

    Every project comes with a written labor warranty, 1–2 years depending on scope, spelled out in the contract before signing. The warranty document is part of the final walkthrough handoff. We don't make you ask for it.

  • How do I verify your license and permit history before signing?

    Florida CGC license GCG1524886 is verifiable at MyFloridaLicense.com. Search by license number and the active status, board, and expiration date come up. Permit history is public on BuildZoom and on the City of Doral permit records via the CSS portal. We invite verification before signing. That's how a real general contractor relationship starts.

  • How long does a permit take in Doral?

    The City of Doral Building Department processes permit applications through the Citizen Self-Service (CSS) portal. Straightforward interior remodels — a kitchen rework or a bathroom gut without structural changes — typically clear initial review in 2–4 weeks if the application is complete, the contractor is registered with the City, and any community ARB approval letter is included where required. Projects with structural alterations, change of use, or revisions to the original plans run longer because each correction or revision restarts a review cycle. The Early Start Permitting Program can sometimes shave time at the front end for the right scope, with the guardrails the City specifies.

  • Does my Doral master-planned community require ARB approval on top of the city permit?

    If your home is in Doral Isles, Doral Estates, Vintage Estates, the Grand Bay at Doral master-plan (Isles at Grand Bay or Grand Bay Estates), Modern Doral, Canarias, Urbana, Neovita, or another gated community with an architectural review board, the answer is generally yes for any scope that touches the exterior envelope, paint colors, landscape, or visible additions. Pure interior kitchen and bathroom scope often doesn't trigger ARB review, but window replacements and exterior door changes typically do. A bathroom remodeler doral homeowners hire on a master-planned community project should be able to articulate the ARB-then-city sequence on the first call; if not, that's a workflow gap that will show up later as schedule slip.

  • Does Doral require impact-rated windows under HVHZ?

    Yes. Doral sits inside the Miami-Dade High-Velocity Hurricane Zone — the original HVHZ jurisdiction — and any window or exterior-door replacement must use an assembly carrying a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance covering HVHZ test protocols. The City of Doral verifies NOA documentation as part of permit review. On Downtown Doral high-rise condo units, the building's declaration may also specify approved manufacturers and frame profiles; we check the building's spec before ordering.

  • Does the City of Doral submit my permit to Miami-Dade County?

    Not anymore. The City of Doral made the workflow change so the city no longer submits to Miami-Dade County on the applicant's behalf for outside-agency reviews. For new construction residential, commercial alteration, or any scope requiring environmental, sewer-capacity, or other county-jurisdiction review, the contractor applies separately at the county level with the Doral permit number included. We handle both tracks on every project that needs them.

  • What if my Doral property is in a flood zone?

    Most of Doral sits in Zone X on the FEMA flood maps. Zone AE pockets run along the interior canal network and the C-6 / Miami Canal system that edges the city's eastern and southern boundaries. On Zone AE parcels, the FEMA substantial-improvement rule can apply on whole-home scope: if your remodel cost exceeds 50% of the structure's pre-improvement value, the entire structure has to be brought up to current flood code. Most condo-unit-level interior remodels and most master-planned community kitchen and bathroom rebuilds are well below that threshold. Whole-home gut renovations on older Doral Estates or 1990s tracts on Zone AE parcels can sometimes trigger SI. We run the math at the first walkthrough so the budget reflects reality before contracts are signed.

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Sister cities and companion services.

If your project sits outside Doral, these are the Miami-Dade cities we work in most often. Or browse the Miami-Dade County hub for the complete city coverage.

Sister cities in Miami-Dade

  • Aventura— Class A coastal mixed-stock, international-buyer profile
  • Hialeah— north-adjacent, Latin American demographic parallel
  • Hialeah Gardens— north-adjacent, value-tier single-family
  • Miami Lakes— north-adjacent, master-planned community parallel
  • Miami Gardens— northeast, city Building Department structural parallel

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