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Guides for Tampa Bay Families Planning an Addition

Plain answers to the questions that decide an addition for a parent: what a kitchen changes, how the flood line is measured, what the property appraiser will ask for, and when a change inside the house would do instead.

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Can an In-Law Suite Have Its Own Kitchen in Tampa Bay?

Can my parent's in-law suite have its own kitchen, or only a kitchenette?

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Does the FEMA 50 Percent Rule Apply to a Home Addition in Florida?

Does the FEMA 50 percent rule apply if I add a room onto my house in a flood zone?

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In-Law Suite and ADU Rules Across Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco

Can I build an in-law suite or backyard cottage on my property in Tampa Bay, and how do I make it legal?

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Florida's Property Tax Reduction for a Parent or Grandparent Suite

Is there a granny flat property tax exemption in Florida, and what are the requirements?

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Hiring a Florida Contractor for a Home Addition: What the Law Requires

What should I check before I hire a contractor to build an addition in Florida?

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In Practice

What the work looks like

Floor plan drawings for a small home addition beside a tape measure
A wide doorway with no threshold and a lever door handle
Concrete block walls of a small addition rising beside a stucco house
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The three rules checked for your addressThe kitchen, the flood line and the county tax rule looked at before any contractor is asked for a number
Told when an addition is not the answerIf a first-floor room or a bathroom change inside the house would do, you hear that before anyone draws a suite
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Who the space is for, whether it needs a kitchen, and the address. With those three answers we can say which city or county rules govern the lot before a contractor draws anything.

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Question 1What are you thinking of building?

Pick the closest. If you are not sure yet, that is exactly what we help sort out.

Question 2Who will live in it?

This matters more than it sounds. In Florida the answer can change the property tax on what you build.

Question 3Does the new space need its own kitchen?

In Florida law a space with its own kitchen, bathroom and bedroom is a second dwelling, and each city and county decides whether one is allowed on your lot.

Question 4Is the house in a flood zone?

In a flood zone, a large enough addition can mean the whole house has to meet today's flood rules. Your insurance declarations page or the county flood map will say.

Question 5When does the space need to be ready?
About you, and the house the space would join

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Where is the property?

The contractor match is by property, not by person, so the street line matters.

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