Tavares: permits by email.
Tavares takes permit applications by email and sends the permit back the same way. No line at the counter. We put the package together and send it.
The city also publishes a plain list of jobs that need a permit, and it is long: exterior windows and doors, garage doors, concrete, reroofs and more. If it is on that list, we pull the permit. Every time.
No account, no sales calls. You see the price, or exactly how we'll price it, before we ask your name.
- Screen enclosuresBronze aluminum frame and 18x14 screen. We pour the slab too, if you need one.
- Aluminum patio coversInsulated aluminum panels, white underneath, tied into your house the right way.
- Windows & doorsFlorida-approved and installed from outside, so your living room stays a living room.
- Roof replacementShingle roofs, by our licensed roofing partner. We run the job.Price range in about 2 minutes
- Open or expired permitOpen, expired or never pulled. We look it up and tell you what it takes.
Minimum building job: $4,000. Permit-only work has its own prices, below. Outside work on homes you live in; inside work only when the house is empty.
How a Tavares permit works.
Straight from the city's own pages, checked November 4, 2026. We pull the permit whenever the work needs one; it's never an optional extra.
Permits come from the City of Tavares Community Development Department, Building Division.
Source: tavaresfl.govApplications and plans are emailed to the city, and permits are issued by email.
Source: tavaresfl.govThe city's required-permits list includes exterior windows and doors, garage doors, driveways and concrete, reroofs, sheds and fences.
Source: tavaresfl.govInspections are requested by email to the city.
Source: tavaresfl.govWork done without a permit: City of Tavares charges double the fee (200%) on an after-the-fact permit (reported; confirm with the city).
Source: tavaresfl.gov fee schedule
The permit office
201 E. Main St., Tavares, FL 32778
(352) 742-6213
tavaresfl.gov
You don't need to call them for a job we do. We do the filing, the follow-up and the inspection requests.
An open, expired or missing permit in Tavares? Our fee is $500 to close out an open or expired permit, or $1,200 – $1,300 for an after-the-fact permit. The City of Tavares's own fees are on top, at their actual cost. How it works
General information, not a permit determination: the City of Tavares building department decides. Fees and rules change; we confirm them for your job.