New Home Builder & Ground-Up New Construction in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach County

We build single-family residential ground-up new construction only. One scope band, one Florida Certified General Contractor's license, one team of in-house crews from foundation through certificate of occupancy.

The scope gate exists because a single-family ground-up new home is a 14–22 month project under one master permit, with one architect, one engineering team, and one builder coordinating every trade. Anything smaller, and we're not the right fit.

Most of our new construction clients arrive in one of four situations. The right answer depends on which one applies.

You bought a lot and need to build from scratch. You closed on a parcel — inland infill, coastal teardown, oceanfront barrier-island, or something in between — and the next step is design and build. New homes in Broward County, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach County all start the same way: site walk, FEMA zone confirmation, soils scoping, parcel review with the architect. The builder you hire at this stage shapes the next 14–22 months of decisions.

You have a tear-down house on a desirable lot. The existing structure has reached the end of its useful life, or the cost to bring it into FEMA Substantial Improvement compliance exceeds the cost to demo and rebuild. The decision under that situation is structural and economic, not aesthetic. We've documented the tear-down-vs.-substantial-improvement decision logic on our home renovation page — if you're not sure which path applies, that's a free site visit conversation, not a presentation.

You're considering new construction homes West Palm Beach to South Beach but haven't bought yet. You're shopping inventory and you've realized the inventory either doesn't exist at your spec or is priced where building new makes more sense. We can walk a lot with you before you close on it, run a feasibility check on FEMA zone and zoning constraints, and give you a realistic pricing band before you put earnest money down.

You have drawings and need a builder. Your architect is engaged, drawings are in development or complete, and you're shopping general contractors in Broward County FL or Miami-Dade for the build. We come into this scenario at design development for preconstruction pricing, or at construction documents for fixed-price or GMP bidding. The earlier in the design we engage, the more value we add — late-stage VE on a finished set is the most expensive way to find budget.

If your situation is none of the above and you just have an idea, the site visit still works the same way. Come walk the parcel with us, and we'll surface the questions that need answers before any drawings get expensive.

There are dozens of home building companies in Florida and dozens of general contractors in Broward County FL marketing themselves as new home builders. The ones worth shortlisting share five operational traits. Ask any builder you're evaluating about all five.

License tier and verifiable permit history. A Florida Certified General Contractor (CGC) is the only license class authorized for unlimited residential structure scope. A Certified Building Contractor (CBC) is limited to three-story scope; a Certified Residential Contractor (CRC) is limited to two-story scope. The license number alone isn't enough — pull the contractor's permit history at BuildZoom and confirm the project type matches what they're pitching. Gaven holds CGC license GCG1524886 with 37+ verified permits in the public BuildZoom registry.

In-house crews, not outsourced project management. A builder who outsources project supervision is selling you the license, not the team. The framing crew, finish crew, and project manager that show up on day one should be the same names on day 400. Gaven runs in-house crews for framing, finish, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and project management on every job.

FEMA Substantial Improvement and flood-zone fluency. A builder who can't name your parcel's FEMA zone, base flood elevation, freeboard requirement, and elevation-certificate workflow before signing isn't running the screening that protects your project. Every Gaven site visit covers the FEMA zone first, before scope conversation.

Single-source accountability across trades. Florida's Construction Lien Law gives every supplier and subcontractor a lien right against your property. A builder who doesn't provide sworn partial payment affidavits at every draw and a Final Contractor's Affidavit at completion is leaving you exposed to double-payment risk. Gaven provides lien releases standard, not on request.

Insurance continuity through the build. General liability covers third-party injury and property damage. Builder's risk covers the structure during the active build phase, including hurricane and weather exposure on an open-envelope condition. A builder who can't explain how that exposure is managed during your 14–22 month project is leaving you holding the deductible. Gaven carries builder's risk on every project, with weather-protection protocols built into the construction schedule and coordinated storm shutdown procedures during named-storm watches.

The five traits above don't disqualify other home builders. They give you the operational vocabulary to compare builders on what actually matters during a 14–22 month project, rather than on which firm has the smoother sales pitch.

We build across three counties in their full footprint. The work distributes across the inland markets and the coastal corridor.

Miami-Dade County. Inland Miami-Dade — Doral, Pinecrest, Coral Gables, Kendall — runs heavier on conventional foundations and non-flood-zone construction. Coastal Miami-Dade — Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Miami Beach, Sunny Isles — runs heavier on FEMA flood-zone foundation systems and full HVHZ envelope construction.

Broward County. Fort Lauderdale new home builders work across a similar inland-coastal split. Inland Broward — Pembroke Pines, Weston, Coral Springs — runs conventional foundation work; coastal Broward — Hollywood, Hallandale Beach, Pompano Beach — runs flood-zone work with full HVHZ envelopes. Gaven works as general contractors in Broward County FL across both bands. New homes in Broward County typically run 14–20 months depending on coastal exposure and design complexity.

Palm Beach County. Builders in Palm Beach County operate in a slightly different envelope than Miami-Dade and Broward. HVHZ designation in Palm Beach is selective rather than blanket — coastal communities qualify based on wind-speed mapping, while inland communities use standard Florida wind-load requirements. New homes Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, and the South Palm Beach corridor follow Miami-Dade-equivalent envelope construction. New construction homes West Palm Beach and the broader county footprint run on FBC 8th Edition with the local Building Department's review schedule. Note: the Boca Raton Building Department has a slower review reputation than Miami-Dade RER on equivalent scope, and the project schedule should account for that.

A new construction project in Key Biscayne is not a new construction project in Doral, even with identical drawings. The flood zone, the wind exposure, the access constraints during construction, the municipal review process — all different. The drawings reflect that. The schedule reflects that. The price reflects that.

We do not currently take projects in St. Lucie County, Martin County, Indian River County, or counties north of Palm Beach. Our service area is Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach County only, and we'd rather decline than overextend.