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The Hammocks Lanai Sunrooms & Patios remodels aging Florida rooms, builds permitted patio enclosures, and installs screen rooms for homeowners in Fountainebleau, with construction that meets Miami-Dade County wind standards - a neighborhood we have been serving since 2018.
The Hammocks Lanai Sunrooms & Patios remodels aging Florida rooms, builds permitted patio enclosures, and installs screen rooms for homeowners in Fountainebleau, with construction that meets Miami-Dade County wind standards - a neighborhood we have been serving since 2018.
Fountainebleau is a dense, well-established neighborhood of concrete block homes, most built between the 1950s and 1980s. A lot of those homes have aging Florida rooms, cracked screen enclosures, or open patios that owners are ready to upgrade. Here is what we do for homeowners in this community.
Many Fountainebleau homes from the 1970s and 1980s have Florida rooms or screen enclosures built with light aluminum frames and single-pane glass that no longer meet Miami-Dade standards. A full sunroom remodeling project replaces the old frame and glazing with impact-rated components, turning a space you avoid in summer into one you use all year.
Most lots in Fountainebleau are modest in size, and homeowners here want to make every square foot of their backyard work. Enclosing an existing concrete patio is one of the most cost-efficient ways to add usable living space, and a properly built enclosure keeps the South Florida rain, mosquitoes, and afternoon heat from making the space unusable half the year.
Fountainebleau homes from the 1960s often have screen enclosures that are long past their service life - oxidized frames, sagging mesh, and connections that no longer meet current Miami-Dade wind requirements. A new screen room installation with properly gauged aluminum and rated connections gives you real storm resistance rather than the appearance of it.
Home values in Fountainebleau have climbed significantly, and adding a permitted sunroom addition is one of the few home improvements that shows up as a permanent structural upgrade in the county record. Buyers in this neighborhood look at what has been done to a house, and a properly permitted addition tells a clear story about how the home has been maintained.
Fountainebleau summers run low to mid 90s with humidity that makes the heat feel even heavier from May through October. A four-season sunroom with impact glass and a dedicated mini-split cooling unit is built for this climate - you get a room that is comfortable even on the worst August afternoon, not just a screened porch that is miserable most of the year.
Fountainebleau properties often have existing concrete slabs behind the house that have never been enclosed. Converting that slab into a proper sunroom eliminates the foundation cost and gives you a fully permitted space that is dry during hurricane season, bug-free in summer, and conditioned year-round.
The housing stock in Fountainebleau is dominated by concrete block construction - CBS homes built between the 1950s and the early 1980s. These homes are solid, but they are 40 to 70 years old, and many have had informal work done over the decades - screen rooms patched and re-patched, carports partially enclosed without permits, aluminum frames reinforced with whatever materials were available at the time. When we look at a Fountainebleau property, we look at what is actually there. What appears to be a simple screen room remodel sometimes turns out to have a frame that has been modified multiple times and cannot support a new enclosure without being fully replaced. The concrete block walls the new structure attaches to need to be assessed for moisture intrusion and stucco cracking before we fasten anything to them.
Miami-Dade County's high-wind building standards apply to every project in Fountainebleau. This neighborhood sits in unincorporated Miami-Dade, which means the Miami-Dade County Building Department issues all permits and conducts all inspections. Every sunroom addition, screen room, and patio enclosure we build here is designed and installed to meet those standards - not because they are required on paper, but because Fountainebleau has been through real storms and homeowners here know what happens to structures that cut corners on wind resistance.
Our crew works throughout Fountainebleau regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect sunroom contractor work here. Fountainebleau is one of the most densely settled CDPs in Miami-Dade County - roughly 60,000 residents packed into a relatively small footprint, with residential streets running off SW 8th Street in a tight grid. Working in this neighborhood means tight lot lines, mature trees close to structures, and properties where previous informal additions mean the permit record and the physical reality of the home do not always match. We assess what is actually there before we quote a price.
The neighborhood runs along the southern edge of the Calle Ocho corridor and is close to Fontainebleau Park, a county park that local families use year-round. The residential blocks here have been home to Cuban-American families for decades, many of whom have owned the same house for 20 or more years and take genuine pride in the property. We take that seriously - our work needs to hold up to a long-term homeowner's expectations, not just pass an inspection. We also serve homeowners just to the east in Westchester and further west in Tamiami, where the building stock and county permit requirements are very similar.
Reach us by phone or through the contact form and we will reply within one business day. We schedule a free on-site visit at a time that works for you - no commitment required before you see the estimate.
We visit your Fountainebleau property, inspect the existing slab, wall connections, and any current framing, then give you a written estimate covering materials, labor, and all Miami-Dade County permit fees. Cost questions are answered at this step.
We submit the permit application to Miami-Dade County and handle all follow-up with the county on your behalf. Construction begins after permit approval - most projects run two to five weeks on-site.
We schedule the final county inspection, walk you through the finished space, and hand over all permit documentation and inspection records. Your addition is on the record and your coverage is protected.
We serve Fountainebleau and surrounding Miami-Dade neighborhoods. Call today and we can schedule a visit to your property - no pressure, just a straight written estimate.
(786) 435-0785Fountainebleau is a census-designated place in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, located just west of the City of Miami along the SW 8th Street corridor. With a population of roughly 60,000 in a compact footprint, it is one of the more densely settled communities in the county. The neighborhood is overwhelmingly residential - single-family homes on small lots, with apartment buildings and small commercial strips along the main roads. The housing stock is almost entirely concrete block construction built during the postwar boom, with most homes dating from the 1950s through the early 1980s. Because it is unincorporated, all permitting and code enforcement for Fountainebleau goes through Miami-Dade County rather than a city hall.
The neighborhood has a large, long-established Cuban-American community, with many families having owned their homes for 20 or more years. That stability means a lot of residents are invested in maintaining and improving properties they plan to stay in, not just flip. Fountainebleau is close to neighboring Coral Gables to the southeast, a community with a very different character - larger lots, higher incomes, and its own city government - but similarly high expectations for construction quality. To the east, the streets feed into the broader Miami area, and to the west lies Westchester, a neighborhood with comparable housing stock and permit requirements.
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