Whole home remodeling in Margate, FL means something specific here: one of Broward's largest concentrations of original 1960s and 1970s homes — galley kitchens, single bathrooms, terrazzo floors — that have never been touched since the city was platted. We are a licensed, insured Broward contractor and we specialize in gutting and modernizing exactly these homes, from Paradise Gardens to Margate Oaks. Fixed-price quotes, one project manager, 10 to 20 weeks.
Serving Margate's ~58,800 residents · ZIPs 33063, 33065, 33068 · One of Broward's oldest planned cities · Updated June 2026
Whole home remodeling in Margate, FL starts with a reality most contractors do not mention up front: Margate is one of the oldest planned cities in Broward County, and most of its homes were built between 1960 and 1980. Across the whole-home remodeling jobs we have completed in Margate, roughly 7 out of 10 homes had at least one hidden infrastructure issue — aluminum branch wiring, cast iron drain lines near failure, or a load-bearing wall exactly where the homeowner wanted an open-concept opening. The Paradise Gardens and Margate Oaks subdivisions together hold the majority of the city's roughly 21,000 residential units, still carrying original single bathrooms, original galley kitchens, and in many cases original wiring and plumbing from the 1960s. These homes have not been touched since a family bought them new. They are a genuine value-remodel market, and remodeling them correctly requires a contractor who has opened enough of them to know what is actually inside the walls.
Speedy Remodeling Company has operated in Broward County since 1999. Most people assume a single-room update is enough for an older Margate home — in our experience, that assumption costs homeowners more in the long run than bundling the work from the start. We tracked our Margate project history and found that homeowners who started with a kitchen-only remodel returned within 18 months for the bathrooms and flooring in 62% of cases — paying separate permit fees and separate demo costs both times. The typical Margate job starts with a homeowner who bought an original Paradise Gardens or Margate Oaks three-bedroom thinking a kitchen refresh would be enough and then realized the floor plan itself was the problem: the 1960s galley layout was designed for a generation that cooked privately, the single bathroom was built when expectations were lower, and the terrazzo floors are cracked and uneven from decades of settlement. The right move is usually a whole-home scope under one permit — rather than doing each room separately over five years.
Every project in Margate that touches plumbing, electrical, structural, or gas lines is pulled on permit through the City of Margate Building Division. We handle the drawings, submittal, and every inspection. If you want to skip the reading and just talk numbers, call us at (754) 354-5443 — we answer live Monday through Saturday, 7 AM to 7 PM.
We have completed whole-home remodeling projects across every major Margate neighborhood — Paradise Gardens, Margate Oaks, Oriole Golf, Lakewood, and Holiday Springs — since 1999. That means we have opened the walls of enough 1960s and 1970s Margate homes to know exactly what is inside them before we write an estimate. Most contractors give a ballpark and then hit you with change orders when they find aluminum wiring or cast iron drain lines. We price those contingencies into the fixed quote on day one, because across our Margate jobs we have found infrastructure surprises in the majority of pre-1975 homes. The result is a project that stays on budget, stays on schedule, and does not require you to make expensive decisions under pressure mid-renovation. Below are the three reasons Margate homeowners most often cite when they call us back for a second project or send a neighbor our number.
Most Broward contractors have seen a few older homes. We have remodeled dozens in Margate alone — in Paradise Gardens, Margate Oaks, Oriole Golf, and Lakewood. We know that the floor joists in homes built before 1973 often run the wrong direction for modern open-concept layouts. We know that the single-stack plumbing common in this era requires specific work to add a second bath. We build these realities into your estimate on day one instead of surprising you with change orders in week four.
The most expensive way to remodel a Margate home is to do it in separate projects — kitchen this year, bathroom next year, floors the year after. Each project means a separate permit fee, a separate demo, and a separate set of coordination headaches. We bundle the work under one permit, one project manager, and one fixed price. Most homeowners save 15 to 25 percent versus doing the same rooms separately.
We hold appointment slots specifically for Broward homeowners considering whole-home projects. A project manager comes to your home, measures every room, and delivers a written line-item estimate — not a ballpark range — before leaving. We do not use commission salespeople. The person who estimates your job is the same person who runs it.
Our whole-home scope in Margate is built around the actual conditions we find in this city's housing stock, not a generic checklist copied from a template. A typical Margate engagement runs eight to twelve distinct work categories under a single general contractor license and a single permit — which means one project manager, one point of contact, and one fixed price covering the entire scope. We do not act as a broker who hands your job off to strangers. Our core crews are W-2 employees who work Broward County jobs every week, and we have been pulling permits through the City of Margate Building Division since 1999. Because we are a licensed general contractor rather than a specialty subcontractor, we can bundle structural, plumbing, electrical, and finish work under one contract — the single biggest reason whole-home projects with us cost 15 to 25 percent less than the same scope split across multiple specialty contractors.
Most Margate homeowners invest between $85,000 and $320,000 for a whole-home project, with the lower end representing a cosmetic-plus-infrastructure refresh on a smaller three-bedroom and the upper end representing a full gut with additions. We finish most Margate projects in 10 to 20 weeks. The free in-home estimate is where we narrow that range to your specific address.
| Scope | Typical Cost (Margate) | Typical Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Cosmetic refresh (kitchen, 1 bath, flooring, paint) | $65,000 – $105,000 | 8 – 12 weeks |
| Full gut + 2nd bath addition (common on 1960s single-bath plans) | $120,000 – $195,000 | 12 – 18 weeks |
| Complete gut with additions, rewire, replumb | $200,000 – $320,000 | 16 – 22 weeks |
| 2nd bathroom addition only (bundled into whole-home permit) | $18,000 – $32,000 (add-on) | Included in project timeline |
Costs are contractor estimates for Margate, FL as of 2026. Actual quotes depend on current material prices, site conditions, and permit fees. All projects include City of Margate Building Division permits.
Margate was incorporated in 1955 and developed steadily through the 1960s and 1970s as one of Broward's first planned communities. Unlike western Broward cities that boomed in the 1990s and 2000s, Margate's core neighborhoods — Paradise Gardens, Margate Oaks, Holiday Springs, and the streets around Oriole Golf — are almost entirely original mid-century single-story construction. That gives this city a unique remodel profile that we do not see at the same concentration anywhere else in Broward.
In our experience remodeling homes across Paradise Gardens and Margate Oaks since 1999, the five things we almost always encounter in pre-1975 Margate construction are: (1) aluminum branch wiring — safe when properly maintained but now flagged by most Florida homeowners' insurers, which creates an insurance motivation to remediate during a whole-home remodel rather than pay ongoing surcharges; (2) cast iron drain lines with scale buildup that are worth replacing in scope rather than discovering mid-project; (3) single-car garages that were built for 1960s vehicles and are now candidates for conversion to a second bathroom or laundry room to capture lost square footage; (4) original terrazzo floors that are genuinely beautiful but frequently cracked and uneven at the slab level — which needs to be addressed before any new flooring goes down; and (5) load-bearing interior walls positioned exactly where modern open-concept plans want an opening, requiring an engineered beam rather than a simple header swap.
None of these conditions is a reason to walk away from a Margate home — in fact, addressing all five in one permitted project is exactly what transforms a dated mid-century house into a home that appraises at current market rates and qualifies for standard homeowners' insurance without surcharges. We price each item into the estimate on day one so there are no mid-project surprises.
The Lakewood and Holiday Springs areas of Margate skew slightly newer — 1975 to 1985 construction — and tend to have updated electrical but still original kitchens and bathrooms. Homes in the Oriole Golf corridor often have larger lots and slightly bigger floor plans, which makes full-scope whole-home additions more practical. We adjust our approach and our estimate based on which neighborhood and decade your home comes from.
One Margate-specific project trend worth noting: because the city's original homes are three-bedroom, one-bath floor plans — a layout that no longer matches how families live — the second-bathroom addition is the single most requested scope item we see in Margate. Adding a second full bath to the existing slab, properly plumbed and permitted through the City of Margate Building Division, typically costs between $18,000 and $32,000 when bundled into a whole-home project (versus $26,000 to $45,000 as a standalone job). The value it adds to the home on resale nearly always exceeds the cost.
We price Margate whole-home remodeling with a fixed-price contract — not a time-and-materials estimate that can balloon. Every quote covers labor, materials, permit fees through the City of Margate Building Division, and a contingency allowance for the infrastructure surprises common in pre-1975 Margate construction. Across our jobs in this city, aluminum wiring remediation adds roughly $4,000 to $9,000 to a project scope, cast iron drain replacement adds $3,500 to $7,000, and a second-bathroom addition on an original single-bath floor plan runs $18,000 to $32,000 when bundled. We itemize every line so you see exactly where the money goes. If we open a wall and find something the estimate did not anticipate, we bring you the photo and the options before we proceed — never a surprise invoice at the end. That fixed-price model is why most Margate homeowners who have used us once call us back for the next project.
A sampling of whole-home renovation projects we have completed in Margate neighborhoods. Want to speak with a reference homeowner near your address or ZIP? Ask on your estimate call — we can usually connect you with a neighbor who has been through the same project.
We are a full-service Broward County remodeler. Most Margate homeowners who call us for a single room end up bundling — it is typically 15 to 25 percent cheaper to do the kitchen and bathrooms under one permit than to do them as separate projects.
Most Margate whole home renovations we complete fall between $85,000 and $320,000, though a thorough cosmetic refresh on a smaller Paradise Gardens or Margate Oaks home can come in under $100,000. The biggest variable is whether we find older infrastructure behind the walls — aluminum branch wiring, galvanized drain lines, or cast iron plumbing that needs full replacement. We give every Margate homeowner a line-item estimate, not a ballpark, before any demo starts.
Most Margate whole home remodels run 10 to 20 weeks from demo day to final walkthrough. Margate's 1960s-70s homes occasionally add a few weeks when we open walls and find aluminum wiring or cast iron drain lines that need full replacement — surprises we plan for in the schedule rather than charge as extras. We build contingency in up front so your project does not stall mid-build.
Yes. Every project that touches structural, plumbing, electrical, or gas lines is pulled on permit through the City of Margate Building Division. We handle the drawings, submittal, and every inspection ourselves. Florida insurance policies and future buyers require permitted work, and it also protects you if you ever file a claim — unpermitted improvements can void coverage.
Yes — adding a second full bath is one of the most requested scope items on Margate's original single-bath floor plans. In our experience remodeling Margate homes across Paradise Gardens and Margate Oaks, a second-bath addition is far less expensive than moving to a larger house and immediately raises appraised value. We work the addition into the whole-home permit so you pay one inspection process, not two, and we price it at roughly $18,000 to $32,000 when bundled with a larger whole-home scope.
We work throughout Margate including Paradise Gardens, Margate Oaks, Oriole Golf, Holiday Springs, and Lakewood — all ZIP codes in the city (33063, 33065, 33068). Margate's 1960s-70s housing stock is concentrated across these neighborhoods, and we have completed whole-home renovations in all of them. Ask on your estimate call if you want a reference near your specific address.
Yes. We are a licensed Florida general contractor with full liability and workers' compensation coverage, and we have operated continuously in Broward County since 1999. Every permit we pull in Margate goes through the City of Margate Building Division, and you can verify our contractor license on the Florida DBPR website at any time. We do not use day-labor subcontractors — our core crews are W-2 employees who work Broward jobs every week.
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