Frequently asked questions.

Because it removes almost every "waiting on the sub" day from your project — and those days compound. A typical South Florida renovation coordinates a plumber, an electrician, a mechanical contractor (HVAC + venting), a roofer, and a general contractor. Each one has their own schedule, their own crew, their own dispatcher, and their own permit-signing authority. When any one of them can't make it on inspection day, the whole project slides.

When Aldo Dellamano personally holds all five Florida state licenses — General (CGC1525289), Roofing (CCC1335157), Mechanical (CMC1251666), Plumbing (CFC1434398), and Electrical (EC13015530) — every trade is on the same calendar, the same crew, and the same signature. There's no "we're waiting on the plumber" phone call because the plumber works for the GC and both jobs are Aldo's. Warranty questions have one answer instead of five. Inspection failures on one trade don't stall the whole project because the retest is scheduled by the same office that scheduled the first one.

The differentiator matters most on high-coordination scopes: kitchens (7+ trades in a 4-week window), whole-home remodels, additions, and commercial tenant fit-outs on a hard opening date.

Every Dellamano fixed-bid contract has four hard sections, all signed at contract:

Inclusions — every scope line we'll self-perform or actively manage, itemized. Not "kitchen remodel" as a single line but "demo + haul-off, rough plumbing to new sink location, rough electrical incl. 240V for induction range, mechanical rework for hood venting through structural roof, cabinet install (spec: X), quartz template + install (spec: Y), tile backsplash, appliance hookup, punch + final inspection." Every trade is named.

Exclusions — everything explicitly outside scope. Common examples: owner-supplied appliances (installed, not purchased), owner-directed lighting fixture supply, structural changes not shown on original drawings, HOA-mandated exterior finish upgrades outside the reno footprint. This is where "surprise change orders" get pre-empted.

Timeline — a specific completion window with milestone dates. "Contract signed → permit in hand by day 21, demo start day 28, rough complete day 45, final walkthrough day 68." Not "6–12 weeks."

Payment schedule — tied to milestones, not calendar dates. "Signing deposit, permit-in-hand, rough-complete, cabinets set, final walkthrough." You pay when a milestone is verifiable, not when it's owed.

What you never see: allowance-line dollar amounts that get "adjusted" at the end, T&M add-ons, or vague "labor + materials at cost + 20%" language.

Primarily Broward County (Parkland — our home base — Coral Springs, Weston, Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Plantation, Sunrise, Tamarac, Cooper City) and Palm Beach County (Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Wellington, Lake Worth). Regular calendar work in specific HOA-heavy communities: Parkland Golf & Country Club, Heron Bay, Bay Lakes, Boca West, Broken Sound, St. Andrews, and Boca Grove.

See the full service areas page for city-by-city detail on the project mix in each market. Not listed? Call the office at (561) 654-7243 — the calendar sometimes reaches further south (Aventura, Sunny Isles) or further west (Davie) for larger scopes.

What we don't do: out-of-state work, jobs above the Palm Beach County line (Jupiter, Palm Beach Gardens usually declined), or projects requiring construction management without a general contract.

Rough timelines committed in writing at contract:

Kitchen remodel: 6–12 weeks from demo to final walkthrough. Short end: cosmetic reno with existing layout. Long end: gut with structural changes, imported stone, long-lead cabinetry.

Bathroom remodel: 4–8 weeks. Powder room: 3–4 weeks. Full master bath with tile shower + freestanding tub: 6–8 weeks.

Home addition: 4–10 months. Small addition (single room): ~4 months. Second-story: 8–10 months (structural engineering + HOA approvals extend the front end).

Custom home: 10–18 months from foundation to CO. Depends heavily on square footage, permit turnaround (varies by municipality), and finish complexity.

Whole-home renovation: 3–9 months depending on scope.

Commercial tenant fit-out: 6–16 weeks. Restaurant with hood + gas + health-department pathway: 12–16 weeks.

Every fixed-bid contract commits to a specific completion window in writing at signing — not a range. Weather delays, permit-office backlog, and owner-directed change orders adjust the date via written change orders, not verbal excuses.

Yes — completely. Every permit application is signed by Aldo personally under his GC license (CGC #1525289). We prepare the drawings, submit to the municipality, coordinate revisions with the building official, and schedule every inspection through our office. You don't drive to the permit counter, you don't chase inspectors, and you don't interpret plan-review comments.

For projects in HOA-governed communities (which is most of Parkland, Weston, Boca West, Broken Sound, etc.), we prepare the full architectural submittal package — architectural drawings, exterior color and material selections, site plan, elevation renderings — and submit it to the HOA architectural review committee on your behalf. If they come back with revisions we handle the correspondence.

Broward and Palm Beach both have specific municipal quirks (Broward requires wet-signed engineered plans for certain wind-code items; Palm Beach's DEP office can slow waterfront work by weeks) that we account for in the fixed-bid timeline.

Every license on our licenses page has a "Look up on FL DBPR" button. Clicking it opens the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation search portal in a new tab. The license number is displayed right on the card — paste it into the DBPR search and you'll see:

• License status (active, expired, delinquent, suspended)
• Issue date and current expiration
• Discipline history and any public complaints on file
• The individual qualifier's name (Aldo Dellamano, in every case)
• The associated business entity

No middleman, no marketing claim we made — the state's public record. This is exactly the process you should run on any Florida contractor before signing a contract. If a contractor can't show you the DBPR record of every trade they claim to hold, they're either a broker (subcontracting under someone else's license) or unlicensed.

Yes. In force at all times:

• General liability — the state-mandated minimum for a Certified General Contractor in Florida is $300,000 per occurrence; we carry above that.
• Worker's compensation — coverage in force for every crew member on site. Florida law requires this for contractors with employees, and it's the fastest way to distinguish a legitimate GC from a broker who "1099s everyone."
• Commercial auto — coverage on every company vehicle.
• Umbrella policy — layered above the primary GL policy.

Certificates of insurance are available on request — email aldo@dellamanoconstruction.com and you'll have them within one business day. Every state license also carries a state-mandated insurance minimum, which is verifiable through the DBPR public record; if the insurance lapses, the license goes delinquent.

For HOA-required proof of insurance (many South Florida HOAs require the contractor to be added as an "additional insured" before construction starts), we handle that submission before permit pull.

The sweet spot is $50K+ renovation, addition, or new-build work — and commercial tenant fit-outs where the health-department, hood, gas, and MEP coordination genuinely benefit from our license stack.

Where we add the most value: high-coordination projects (kitchens, whole-home remodels, additions with structural work, custom builds, commercial fit-outs on a hard opening date). Where we don't: small handyman-scale work, single-trade jobs where you'd be paying a GC premium for coordination you don't need, and repair-only projects.

If you're unsure whether your project fits, call the office at (561) 654-7243 — Aldo will tell you honestly whether a Dellamano bid is the right fit or whether we'd refer you to a trusted specialty tradesperson instead. We'd rather refer you correctly than bid a job that's the wrong shape for us.

Yes — regularly, and it usually makes for a smoother project. We coordinate with client-chosen architects (structural + architectural), interior designers, kitchen designers, and specialty spec'd millwork fabricators. When your team is already assembled, we bid to their drawings, flag any constructability issues we catch during pricing, and manage the day-to-day site coordination.

When the project needs an architect and you don't have one, we refer trusted South Florida firms whose fee structures and delivery discipline match ours. Same for interior designers when the scope calls for one but you haven't engaged one yet.

What we don't do: rewrite an architect's drawings for cost savings during construction. If value-engineering is needed, it happens during pre-construction with the architect involved, not during framing.

Dellamano Construction Inc. doesn't originate financing directly — we're builders, not lenders. For clients who need financing, we work with a handful of established local relationships:

• Construction loans (usually via community banks familiar with South Florida construction)
• Home-equity lines for renovation-only projects
• Cash-out refinances timed to permit pull

We're happy to introduce you to lenders whose approval processes align with a fixed-bid timeline — meaning they can close on your schedule, not theirs. But the financing relationship is between you and the lender; Dellamano isn't a party to the note. This keeps the construction contract clean and keeps you in control of the money.

Direct owner access is the operating principle. Aldo runs the field. Kiersten runs the office. Every call, email, or text during business hours gets a same-day response from one of them — not an account manager, not a "project lead" who has to ask the actual builder.

When an issue comes up on site — an unexpected structural condition, a change to your original design intent, a material delay from a supplier — you get a written change-order document. It describes what changed, why, what the cost or timeline impact is, and it requires your signature before the change gets executed. No verbal "I'll just do it and we'll settle up at the end" surprises.

When something goes wrong post-completion (a warranty item, a callback), you call the same number you used during construction. One warranty conversation for the entire project, because one contractor stood behind every trade.

Because Aldo holds every trade license and every trade on your project is his own crew, the warranty is unified. You have one warranty conversation for the whole project instead of five separate ones with five separate subcontractors.

Standard warranty terms: 1-year on all workmanship, manufacturer warranties on all products passed through directly (we don't insert ourselves between you and the appliance/fixture/roof-membrane manufacturer for product defects), and Florida statutory warranties on structural elements.

What that looks like in practice: if a tile pops loose 8 months after final walkthrough, you call (561) 654-7243, we schedule a callback, and it's covered. You don't have to convince us it was the tile setter's fault vs. the substrate installer's fault vs. the subcontractor's labor — we did the whole job.

Both. Residential is the majority of the calendar (custom homes, remodels, additions, outdoor living, pool packages). Commercial is roughly one-third and skews toward tenant fit-outs where our license stack pays off:

• Restaurants — hood installation, gas line coordination, grease-trap plumbing, health department pathway. Aldo's CFC + CMC + CGC licenses cover the trades where a restaurant fit-out usually gets stalled.
• Medical and dental offices — clinical MEP, ADA compliance, glass partition installations, radiation shielding coordination for imaging rooms.
• Salon and spa — plumbing rough for shampoo stations, HVAC ventilation for chemical services.
• Office and open workspace — full interior fit-out, glass partitioning, break-room MEP.

Ground-up commercial is considered case-by-case; sweet spot is under 20,000 sqft.

A Florida Certified contractor (the "C" in CGC / CCC / CMC / CFC / EC) is state-licensed and authorized to work anywhere in Florida. Aldo's licenses are all Certified — CGC (Certified General Contractor), CCC (Certified Roofing Contractor), CMC (Certified Mechanical Contractor), CFC (Certified Plumbing Contractor), EC (Electrical Certified).

A Registered contractor is licensed only in a specific local jurisdiction and can only work within that jurisdiction. Registered contractors haven't taken the state exam.

Practically: Certified means the state has verified the qualifier has passed the state exam, met the experience requirement, holds required insurance, and can be publicly disciplined for violations. Registered is a lower bar and geographically limited. For most South Florida homeowners, Certified is what you want — it's the same standard applied to contractors working in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Palm Beach.

From first phone call to signed contract usually runs 2–4 weeks for a standard remodel scope, 4–6 weeks for larger scopes requiring architectural coordination.

Fastest path:

Day 1: Contact via the form or (561) 654-7243. Within one business day we schedule a walk-through.

Day 3–7: Walk-through on site (or FaceTime for out-of-town clients). We agree on scope in real time and identify anything requiring engineering, architectural drawings, or specialty vendor pricing.

Day 7–14: Written fixed-bid proposal delivered. Every scope line, exclusion, milestone, and payment term in writing.

Day 14–21: Contract review, revisions if needed, signing. Construction start date confirmed.

Longer scopes with HOA architectural review or municipal plan review add weeks on the front end; the fixed-bid timeline accounts for that.