What owners actually want to know.

Three buckets: high-end residential remodels (single-family, condo, townhome), commercial tenant improvements and build-outs, and ground-up multifamily up to mid-rise. We also take on permit-takeover work — projects where an owner started without a permit and now needs a licensed GC to bring it into compliance.

Yes. Mille operates under Florida Certified General Contractor license CGC #1539270, held by founder Ryan Santelises. We carry general liability and workers' compensation coverage, and provide certificates of insurance (COIs) to owners and property managers as part of contract execution.

Fixed-price (lump sum) means we agree on a total price up front. Predictable for you — the contractor carries the risk of cost overruns. Best when scope is well-defined.

Cost-plus means we bill actual costs plus a fee (percentage or fixed). More transparent — you see what every line item costs — and works better when scope is evolving (renovations of older homes where unknowns are likely).

We'll recommend the structure that fits your project. We're not religious about either.

Highly dependent on scope, but rough ranges for a Coral Gables / Miami-Dade single-family remodel:

Kitchen + bath refresh (cosmetic): 6–10 weeks. Full interior renovation (down to studs, MEP, finishes): 4–7 months. Whole-house gut + addition: 8–14 months. Permit-takeover work adds 4–8 weeks for the demo-and-verify phase before re-build can start.

These are construction durations only — permitting in Coral Gables typically adds 6–14 weeks of plans review on top.

In writing, before any work starts. Every change order spells out the added scope, the cost impact, and the schedule impact, and gets signed by both sides. We don't perform out-of-scope work on a handshake — it protects both of us.

The most common change-order triggers on a remodel are owner-requested scope additions, concealed conditions discovered during demo, and code-required upgrades that surface once walls are open.

Standard structure is a mobilization deposit (typically 10–15%), followed by progress payments tied to defined milestones (rough-in, drywall, finishes, substantial completion) and a final retention released after punch list and final inspection. AIA-style G702/G703 billing on larger projects.

For permit-takeover and unknown-scope work, we sometimes use a cost-plus structure with monthly draws against actual invoices.

When prior work was performed without a permit, the building department requires us to (1) open up the work to verify what's there, (2) document existing conditions, (3) bring anything non-compliant up to current code, and (4) call inspections at every appropriate hold-point until close-out.

Mille has specialized experience in Coral Gables and Miami-Dade takeover work, where the inspection process is more rigorous. We treat takeovers as their own discipline — different scope, different sequencing, different contingency posture than a clean job.

Mille is the general contractor — we don't stamp drawings. We work with a network of South Florida architects and licensed engineers we trust, and we'll either work with your design team or recommend designers whose work and pricing we know firsthand.

Standard one-year workmanship warranty on Mille's work from the date of substantial completion. Manufacturer warranties on materials and equipment (windows, appliances, HVAC, roofing) pass through directly to you — we coordinate registration and turnover documentation at close-out. Under Florida law, latent defects carry a longer statute-of-repose tail.

Across Miami-Dade — Coral Gables, Miami, Miami Beach, Coconut Grove, Pinecrest, Key Biscayne, South Miami, Doral, Aventura, Bal Harbour, Surfside, and Brickell. We don't typically travel beyond the county for residential work, but we evaluate commercial and multifamily opportunities case-by-case.

Send us a brief through the Contact page — name, project location, type of work, and a few details. We'll respond within one business day to schedule a site walk or call. For preliminary budget conversations, we can often give a rough order-of-magnitude (ROM) range before we visit, based on scope and square footage.