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Fast, Reliable General Contractor Across Hollywood
Hiring a General Contractor in Hollywood, FL usually means coordinating permits, material deliveries, and crews across a city where the building rules change depending on whether your house sits east or west of US-1. A full kitchen remodel here typically runs $14,000 to $45,000, and a bathroom remodel lands between $9,000 and $28,000. Those numbers include written pricing before we pull a single permit. Call (754) 551-2922 and you’ll get a real person, any hour, who can talk through what your project actually needs and what it will cost.
Hollywood isn’t one housing market. It’s mid-century concrete-block ranches off Johnson Street, 1920s homes in Hollywood Lakes, and high-rise condos along the Intracoastal and the beach. Each one ages differently, fails differently, and has different permitting requirements. Trevor Nash and our team have walked enough of these job sites to know what to open up first and what to budget for before the drywall comes down.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale Is Hollywood’s Preferred General Contractor Company
Hollywood homeowners tend to call us after a previous contractor burned them. The story is usually the same: a verbal estimate that changed after demo, a crew that stopped answering the phone, or a repair that failed before the first rainy season ended. We handle that by putting the number in writing before any work starts. Not a range, not a ballpark. A line-item price you can hold us to. Then we back it with the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if something we did fails within a year, we come back and fix it at no charge. That guarantee is written, on paper, on every job.
We coordinate from our Miami office and dispatch crews into Hollywood daily. Every technician who walks through your door is background-checked and in uniform. You’ll know who’s in your home, and you’ll know the price before they arrive. That’s the Kingswell standard, operating since 2004 under The Kingswell Way: say the price before the work, show up in the window we gave, leave the place cleaner than we found it.
What builds trust in Hollywood isn’t a slogan. It’s knowing that a 1950s ranch off Van Buren Street might hide galvanized wall ties that have turned to powder from salt air, and budgeting to replace them before closing the walls. That’s the kind of detail that keeps a remodel from failing its inspection, or worse, failing a year after the crew leaves.
Styles & brands we work with
Residential General Contractor in Hollywood
A residential general contractor in Hollywood is the person who pulls the permit, orders the materials, schedules the subs, and answers the phone when you have a question at 7:00 on a Thursday night. In Hollywood, that job carries extra weight: many homes are concrete block construction, which is not the same as framing a wood house in Davie. Adding a window means cutting through load-bearing CMU, not studs. Replacing plumbing in a 1920s Hollywood Lakes home often means abandoning original cast-iron waste lines, not patching them. Knowing the difference is why you hire someone local.
Permits and Coastal Code Requirements
Hollywood sits inside Miami-Dade’s hurricane wind zone. Exterior renovations, window replacements, even certain roof repairs must meet wind-load ratings and impact-resistance standards. We pull permits for our work and pass inspections the first time. If your home falls under Hollywood’s historic preservation overlay, we handle the review board paperwork too. Getting that wrong means a red tag and a tear-out, and nobody wants that after rough-in.
What Homeowners Actually Ask For
Most Hollywood calls start with Kitchen Remodeling in Hollywood, a bathroom, or a whole-home upgrade. Older homes here often need electrical panel replacements and plumbing updates before the pretty stuff goes in. We write that into the estimate upfront. The price you sign is the price you pay, even if the waste line crumbles when we open the wall.
Hire a General Contractor in Hollywood
When you hire a general contractor in Hollywood, you’re buying coordination, not just labor. You’re paying someone to know that impact window installation runs $8,000 to $25,000 depending on how many openings and which Miami-Dade approved manufacturer you choose. You’re paying someone to schedule the stucco patch after the window goes in, not three weeks after you’ve been staring at exposed foam. You’re paying for the phone to be answered.
Our job is to manage the project so you don’t have to. That starts with a written quote and a defined arrival window. It continues with daily job site cleanup and honest updates. And it ends with a walkthrough where we explain what we did and hand you the written guarantee. If something fails inside that year, the second visit is free. No service call fee, no re-inspection charge.
Kitchen Remodeling in Hollywood’s Older Homes
Hollywood’s 1950s and 60s kitchens are compact by today’s standards. Most remodels involve removing a wall between the kitchen and dining area, relocating plumbing, and upgrading from original two-wire electrical. We install KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria and Silestone countertops, and Kohler or Moen fixtures. The materials carry manufacturer warranties, and our work carries ours. A small kitchen remodel here runs $9,000 to $20,000, while a full overhaul with layout changes typically runs $14,000 to $45,000.
Bathroom Remodeling and Walk-In Showers
Bathrooms in older Hollywood homes often have original cast-iron drain lines and no exhaust fan, which means decades of humidity sitting in the walls. A gut remodel gives us a chance to fix that: new PVC or cast-iron drains, a proper ventilation fan, cement board substrate behind the tile instead of drywall. Walk-in shower installations run $4,500 to $12,000, tub-to-shower conversions run $3,500 to $10,000, and full bathroom remodels run $9,000 to $28,000 depending on size and fixture selection.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hollywood
We stock and install materials from GAF, CertainTeed, and Owens Corning for exterior work, and we specify them because standing seams and shingles in Hollywood need to survive salt spray and hurricane-force gusts, not just look good from the street. For a homeowner needing Hollywood Master Halco service, we match the system to the coastal exposure, and we keep enough local inventory on hand that a roof replacement or exterior repair doesn’t stall while parts ship from Georgia. For a Hollywood homeowner, the brand matters less than the spec: GAF’s high-wind nailing pattern means nothing if the underlayment is wrong. We match the system to the coastal exposure, and we keep enough local inventory on hand that a roof replacement or exterior repair doesn’t stall while parts ship from Georgia.
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AfterCommon General Contractor Problems We See in Hollywood Homes
- Zinc-plated fasteners on exterior trim. Within two miles of the surf, zinc plating lasts about two hurricane seasons before pitting and bleeding rust down a stucco wall. We use stainless steel or hot-dip galvanized hardware on anything exposed to salt air, and we write that spec into the estimate so you’re not paying for a redo in three years.
- Pressure-treated pine fence posts in the Intracoastal zone. Salt air wicks moisture into the grain, and within five years those posts warp and snap at the soil line, usually during the first real storm surge. For Hollywood fences we specify marine-grade aluminum posts or properly sealed concrete footings, and the price difference is real but worth it.
- Original cast-iron waste lines under a slab or behind a wall. In Hollywood Lakes and the older neighborhoods east of Dixie Highway, cast-iron waste lines installed in the 1920s through 1950s are hitting end of life. Any gut remodel needs to budget for replacement before new finishes go in. Finding this after the cabinets are installed is a five-figure change order.
- Historic preservation overlay surprise. Hollywood’s historic districts restrict roof profiles, window styles, and even exterior paint colors. Starting a exterior renovation without checking the overlay means a red tag from the city and a forced tear-out of work you already paid for. We check the designation before we draw the plans.
Pricing for General Contractor in Hollywood, FL
Here’s what we quote for the most common Hollywood projects, written plainly:
| Project | Hollywood Price Range |
|---|---|
| Impact Window Installation | $8,000 – $25,000 |
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
What moves the number: how close the house sits to the Intracoastal or the ocean, whether the home is historic, how much old plumbing and electrical needs replacement, and what material grade you choose. Coastal-spec materials (316 stainless, marine-grade aluminum, impact-rated everything) add 10 to 20 percent over an inland-spec bid, but the inland-spec version fails faster in Hollywood and the second install always costs more than doing it right the first time. Estimates are free. Call (754) 551-2922 and we’ll give you a written price before any work starts.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood
Our crews work throughout the Hollywood area, including Fort Lauderdale and Coconut Creek. If you’re in a neighboring city and need a General Contractor who understands coastal building codes and aging South Florida housing stock, we cover those areas too. The same written pricing and 365-Day Done Right Promise applies on every job we take, no matter the zip code.
Serving Hollywood, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hollywood area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About General Contractor in Hollywood
Because 304 stainless pits and rusts within a few years of constant salt spray exposure, while 316 stainless contains molybdenum, which resists chloride corrosion far longer. In Hollywood, the price difference between 304 and 316 is a few hundred dollars on a typical railing job, but a rusted-out railing needs full replacement, which runs thousands. We write 316 into any exterior metal spec within two miles of the Intracoastal or the beach, and we recommend it anywhere east of 95. If you want an exact quote on a railing or exterior metal project, call (754) 551-2922 for a free estimate.
Yes. Hollywood requires a permit for structural floor work and any subfloor replacement in a single-family home, and the inspection confirms the new substrate meets current wind-load and moisture-resistance standards for your zone. We pull the permit, schedule the inspection, and pass it before tile goes down. Working without one can void your homeowners insurance if something fails later. We handle the paperwork on every project, and the written estimate includes all permit and inspection fees.
In Hollywood, a coastal-spec paver patio runs about 15 to 20 percent more than the same design inland, mostly because we use sealed paver joints, marine-grade polymer sand, and stainless or composite edge restraints that resist salt corrosion. In real dollars, a $3,500 inland patio becomes roughly $4,200 to $4,400 by the water. The alternative, unsealed joints and galvanized edging, lets weeds and salt moisture through within two to three seasons, and you’ll pay to tear it out and redo it. Call (754) 551-2922 and we’ll price both specs for your exact yard.
Load-bearing means the wall carries structural weight from the roof, floor, or another wall above it, and removing it without a proper beam and post system will crack your ceilings and can compromise the structure. Most 1950s concrete-block homes in Hollywood have at least two load-bearing walls, often running parallel down the center of the house. We have a structural engineer review the plan before we cut anything, and we pull the proper permit. The beam, posts, and engineering typically add $2,000 to $6,000 to a wall-removal project, and that’s not a corner worth cutting.
When we open a wall or floor during a remodel and find the original cast-iron waste line cracked or collapsed, we stop work, photograph the damage, and bring you a written change order with a fixed price to replace the failed section. Nothing gets added without your written sign-off. In Hollywood Lakes and other pre-1960 neighborhoods, we usually budget a cast-iron repair allowance into the initial estimate so the change order isn’t a shock. The price you approve is the price you pay, whether the line fails on day one or day thirty.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling, serving Hollywood, FL.
Call (754) 551-2922 to schedule your free estimate in Hollywood. A real person answers, any hour, and you’ll get a written price before any work begins.
