Santa Stella Real Estate is a Miami brokerage led by a broker who is also a licensed general contractor. Before you commit, we put real numbers on the property — repairs, remodel, code, permits — broken down line by line. Free to our clients.
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Two numbers, not one
A property at $600,000 that needs a full remodel, is not up to code and carries an open permit somebody never closed is a completely different purchase from one at $650,000 that needs nothing.
Most buyers find out which one they bought after they have bought it. We put the second number in your hands before you write the offer.
Licensed in Florida real estate since 2013. Licensed in Miami-Dade construction since 2003.
Santa Stella Real Estate is a Coral Gables brokerage serving Miami-Dade. Our broker has held a Florida real estate licence since 2013 — and a certified general contractor’s licence, with plumbing and electrical alongside it, since 2003.
That is not a biography. It is the reason a Santa Stella client gets a costed breakdown instead of a shrug. The person advising you on the purchase has spent two decades pricing and building the exact work the property needs.
How it works
Santa Stella holds a consulting agreement with Safco Construction, Inc., a Miami-Dade contractor licensed since 2003 in general contracting, plumbing and electrical, working on residential and commercial property across the county.
Before you commit to a property, Safco walks it and puts numbers on it — as the contractor who would do the work, with a line-by-line breakdown rather than one figure you have to take on faith.
There is no charge for any of it. It is included when Santa Stella represents you in the purchase or the sale. You keep the written scope of work, and we will tell you to go shop it. A scope you can hand to three contractors is worth more than a number you have to trust.
What this is not. It is not a home inspection, and it is not an engineering assessment. Where a condominium has a milestone inspection or a reserve study, we can help you understand how serious the findings are and what the work behind them costs — but deciding whether a building is structurally sound belongs to the licensed engineer or architect who performed that inspection.
Florida requires a structural inspection at thirty years — twenty-five on the coast — and boards can no longer waive the reserves. The question is not whether the work happens. It is what it costs, and who told you before you signed.
The market, in numbers
Single-family homes and condominiums in Miami-Dade are no longer the same market. The condominium side is where the buildings are ageing, the assessments are landing, and the buyers are hesitating — which is exactly the ground this brokerage was built for.
That is the whole argument for reading the reports before you offer. The discount on an older building is real, and so is the reason for it — but “there may be an assessment” is not a number, and a buyer who cannot price the repair prices in the worst case instead.
Sources. Months of supply, days to contract, median sale prices and cash share: MIAMI REALTORS / SEFMLS, July 2026 compared with July 2025. Share of resale inventory in buildings 30+ years old: analysis of MLS inventory reported by Miami Today, September–October 2025. Structural integrity reserve study filings: MIAMI REALTORS, as of 24 February 2025. Figures describe the Miami-Dade market as a whole and are not a prediction about any particular building or unit.
What we price
Full renovations, kitchens and bathrooms, flooring, impact windows — priced by the contractor who would do the work.
On houses and on commercial buildings. Concrete restoration, structural work, and adding square footage.
Safco has built and repaired commercial and public projects across Miami-Dade since 2003. Not residential only.
What it costs to bring a property up to code, clear recorded violations, and close out permits somebody left open.
Across Miami-Dade:
Read this first
Milestone inspections, reserve studies, the 2025 law change, and exactly what to ask the association for before your inspection period ends.
Read the buyer’s guide →An assessment does not stop your unit selling — uncertainty does. Why these deals collapse, and what makes them close.
Read the seller’s guide →Who you will be dealing with
Our broker holds Florida real estate broker licence BK 3272795 and certified general contractor licence CGC 1517093, plus plumbing and electrical. Not a call centre, not an assistant.
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