About Sarasota Permits
IIntroduction
Most permit problems are not complicated. They are just time-consuming, and most people who run into them have no idea where to start. Sarasota's permitting offices have their own procedures and their own timelines, and they flag applications for correction in ways that are not always obvious to outsiders. Knowing those details before you submit saves days, sometimes weeks.
Sarasota Permits exists to handle that work so you do not have to learn it yourself. We prepare, submit, track and close building permits for Sarasota County and the City of Sarasota. That is the entire business. No construction crews, no drafting department, no side services. Every hour we work is spent moving permits from one stage to the next, resolving the ones that have stalled, and making sure every file ends with a closed record.
IIOur story
One specialty, done completely
A lot of services touch permits on the edges. Contractors pull them when required. Real estate attorneys flag them at closing. Title companies discover them at the last minute. We work on permits from the first step to the last, and we do nothing else.
That focus matters because permit expediting is not a sideline you can pick up when needed. The City of Sarasota and Sarasota County each have their own submission systems, review queues, and correction processes. Working in both systems every day is what lets us catch problems early and keep a file from sitting idle longer than it has to.
Permits are all we do. That means every file we open, from a routine residential application to a tangled after-the-fact permit, gets the same focused attention from start to closed record.
IIIPrinciples
How we approach the work
Accurate submissions
An incomplete application does not just get rejected; it goes to the back of the review queue when it is resubmitted. We review every document before it goes in: the application form, the supporting plans, the contractor information, the owner authorization. Getting that right the first time is not a guarantee of a fast approval, but getting it wrong is a guarantee of a slow one.
Clear tracking
A permit does not move itself through the system. Someone has to watch it and respond when the reviewer has questions. If a status goes too long without changing, that person also has to push. We monitor every open file and keep you informed so you are never left wondering whether anything is actually happening.
Complete closeout
A permit that was issued but never finaled is an open record. It shows up in title searches and can complicate a sale. If work is later found to be non-compliant, it can also become a liability. We stay with a file through every required inspection and through the final closeout, so the record reflects work that was done and signed off properly.
IVHow we work
What working with us looks like
You tell us what you need and where the property is. We review the scope and tell you what the jurisdiction will require, then handle the submission. From that point, we track the application and respond to any correction notices, and we coordinate inspections all the way through to a closed permit.
If you are dealing with something more complicated, such as an open permit from a previous owner or work that was done without a permit, we start with a research step to understand exactly what is on record before we determine the right path forward. You will know what we find before any next steps are taken.
VWho we serve
Who we work with
Homeowners come to us when a renovation or addition has run into permit requirements they were not expecting, or when they discover an open or expired permit that needs to be resolved before a sale can close.
Contractors use us to handle the permit running that pulls their office staff away from everything else. Buyers and sellers rely on us when a title search turns up an unresolved permit and the closing timeline cannot wait.
If a property in Sarasota County or the City of Sarasota has a permit issue attached to it, we can usually help regardless of how it got there.